Luke 22:1-7

The Chief Priests and Scribes Plot to Kill Jesus

1 Now the feast of Unleavened Bread (which is called Passover) was drawing near.
2 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

Judas Arranges to Betray Jesus

3 And Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.
4 And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.
5 And they were delighted, and came to an agreement with him to give [him] money.
6 And he agreed, and began looking for a favorable opportunity to betray him to them apart from the crowd.

Jesus’ Final Passover with the Disciples

7 And the day of the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which it was necessary [for] the Passover lamb to be sacrificed.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went away") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [c]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began looking")
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