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26:29-30 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that

day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom ......................................... 511

26:31 All ye shall be offended because of me this night ........................................... 512

I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad ....... 512

From the Hebrew Scriptures: .................................................................................... 512

From the Rabbinic Writings: ..................................................................................... 512

From the New Covenant: .......................................................................................... 512

26:32-35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee

.................................................................................................................................. 512

26:36-37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee ............................... 513

26:38- 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed ............................ 513

Who Was Y‘shua? .................................................................................................... 513

26:40-44 And findeth them asleep ............................................................................ 513

An angel appears...................................................................................................... 513

The blood of agony ................................................................................................... 513

The Lord's Prayer ..................................................................................................... 514

John 17:1- 26 ............................................................................................................. 514

The Garden .............................................................................................................. 515

26:45- 49 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me ............... 515

The betrayal .............................................................................................................. 515

The "I AM" ................................................................................................................ 516

26:50-53 One of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his

sword ........................................................................................................................ 516

Peter uses his sword ................................................................................................ 516

26:54-56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled 516

26:57-63 And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living

God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ (Y‘shua = Salvation), the Son of God

.................................................................................................................................. 516

Y‘shua condemned to death by the High Priest ........................................................ 517

Unworthy of Death .................................................................................................... 517

Is there is a law in Judaism against obstructing justice? ........................................... 517

26:64 Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and

coming in the clouds of heaven ................................................................................ 518

26:65-75 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy 518

The Jewish trial in perspective .................................................................................. 518

The examination before Annas: ................................................................................ 519

The trial before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin ........................................................... 519

Though many false witnesses came forward ............................................................ 520

These charges were indeed serious and also had deep implications. ...................... 521

SECTION X ................................................................................................................................................... 523

CONCLUSION OF EARTHLY MINISTRY .................................................................... 523

MATTHEW 27:1- 66 ...................................................................................................... 523

27:1-2 When they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius

Pilate ......................................................................................................................... 525

Background on Pontius Pilate ................................................................................... 525

What sort of a man was Pilate? ................................................................................ 525

#1. The affair of the Roman standards: ..................................................................... 525

#2. The affair of the aqueduct.................................................................................... 526

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3. The affair of the wooden shields .......................................................................... 526
   
   


4. The last conflict ................................................................................................... 526
   27:3-10 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet ............... 527
   27:11-17 Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called
   Christ? ...................................................................................................................... 527