Matthew 26:2

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“You know that the Passover Festival will be celebrated in two more days [Note: This was the annual Jewish festival commemorating Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under Moses’ leadership], and the Son of man will be turned over to be crucified.”

Cross References

John 18:2

Now Judas, who [was soon to] turn Jesus over [to the Jewish authorities] also knew where this place was, for Jesus had frequently met there with His disciples.

John 11:55

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was to be held soon and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the [actual] Festival in order to perform the ceremonial purification rituals.

Matthew 17:22

And while the disciples were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of man will be handed over to [evil] men

John 12:1

So, six days before the Passover Festival [began], Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus [had] raised from the dead.

John 2:13

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was soon [to be held], so Jesus went up to Jerusalem [to attend it].

Luke 22:15

And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover meal with you [men] before I suffer [i.e., torture and death].

Matthew 27:4

saying, “I have sinned by delivering up an innocent man to die.” But they replied, “What is that to us? It is your affair!”

Matthew 10:4

Simon, the Cananaean [i.e., the same as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15], and Judas Iscariot, who also [besides being an apostle] was His betrayer.

John 18:32

[They said this] so that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled, regarding the kind of death He would die. [Note: Jesus had predicted he would be “lifted up,” indicating a Roman crucifixion. See 12:32-33].