Matthew 26:1

1 After Jesus finished saying all these things, he told his followers,

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 After Jesus finished saying all these things, he told his followers,

2 "You know that the day after tomorrow is the day of the Passover Feast. On that day the Son of Man will be given to his enemies to be crucified."

3 Then the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders had a meeting at the palace of the high priest, named Caiaphas.

4 At the meeting, they planned to set a trap to arrest Jesus and kill him.

5 But they said, "We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot."