Matthew 26:1

The Chief Priests and Elders Plot to Kill Jesus

1 And it happened that when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

Matthew 26:1 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:1

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
sayings
Meaning either all that are recorded by this evangelist, all the sermons and discourses of Christ, delivered both to the people of the Jews, and to his disciples; his conversation with the former, and his divine instructions and prudent advice to the latter, together with all his excellent parables, which are largely related in this book; or else what is said in the two preceding chapters, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, and the end of the world, the state of the church, and conduct of his servants to the end of time, expressed in the parables of the virgins and talents, and concerning the last judgment and final state of all men:

he said unto his disciples;
who now were alone with him: having finished his prophetic, and being about to enter on his priestly office, he gives his disciples some intimations of its near approach.

Matthew 26:1 In-Context

1 And it happened that when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
2 "You know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man will be handed over in order to be crucified."
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
4 and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill [him].
5 But they were saying, "Not during the feast, so that there will not be an uproar among the people."
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