»You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.«
Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, »The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;
and said, »I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent.« »What does that matter to us?« they replied; »it is your business.«
He said to them, »Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Jesus, however, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom He had raised from the dead.
Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.
They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die.
But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem.