Matthew 26:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

"You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."

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Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there.

Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

When his adherents mustered in Galilee Jesus told them, "The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;

Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).

Now the Jewish passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

He said to them, "I have longed eagerly to eat this passover with you before I suffer,

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

(that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die).