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CHAPTER 14Christ is anointed with oil—He eats the passover, institutes the sacrament, suffers in Gethsemane, and is betrayed by Judas—He is falsely accused, and Peter denies that he knows him. |
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1 AFTER two days was
the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief
priests and the ascribes sought how they might take him by
craft, and put him to bdeath.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. |
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D&C 128:20; 2a Mark 9:2 (2-13); Luke 9:29 (28-36); John 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19); TG Jesus Christ, Glory of; |
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3 ¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselvesa, and said, Why was this awaste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. |
4a there were some that had indignation within themselves The spirit of fault finding is contageous. But it was Judas who planted it, he who was a theif and the keeper of the purse (See John 12:4-6). Thus it is considered that Judas was likely shorting the purse and his interest in the money the ointment would bring was as to what it would bring unto himself. Perhaps in a demented way of thinking he figured that Jesus owed him the 30 peices of silver for the ointment would have brought 300 pence. |
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D&C 128:20; 2a Mark 9:2 (2-13); Luke 9:29 (28-36); John 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19); TG Jesus Christ, Glory of; |
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6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the apoor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: ashe is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that ashe hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. |
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D&C 128:20; 2a Mark 9:2 (2-13); Luke 9:29 (28-36); John 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19); TG Jesus Christ, Glory of; |
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10 ¶ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. |
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12 ¶ And the first day of unleavened bread, when
they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that
we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the apassover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his adisciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. |
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16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. |
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19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. |
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22 ¶ aAnd as they did eat,
Jesus took bbread, and blessed, and brake it, and
gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my cbody.
23 And he took the cup, and when he had given athanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily I say unto you, I will adrink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. |
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26 ¶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the ashepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. |
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29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. |
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32 aAnd they came to a place which
was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I
shall pray.
33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be asore amazed, and to be bvery cheavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. |
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35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; atake away this bcup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one ahour? |
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38 aWatch ye and pray, lest ye
enter into btemptation. The spirit truly is ready,
but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. |
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41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. |
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43 ¶ And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And he that abetrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. |
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46 ¶ And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. |
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48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. |
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51 And there followed him a certain young man,
ahaving a linen cloth cast about his naked
body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. |
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53 ¶ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servantsa, and warmed himself at the fire. |
54a even into the palace of the high priest: and sat with the servants This locates Peter right in the High Priest palace residence and near the Sanhedrin Court where Jesus was questioned and examimed. That the record of Mark, which was considered to be given Mark by Peter, Mark being scribe of the First Presidency, so indicates by its details of the trial that Peter was an observer of the procedings within hearing distance. It is of interest that it was at this 'palace' attended by a number of servants and those of the Sanhedrin 'police force' where such 'courts' of justice according to the Law of Moses was held. The high priest sitting as it were in the very 'chair or position of Moses' over the council's procedings. Peter is no coward to have so placed himself in that position of risk. Only the apostle John is known to have also so found such a place and position of observation of these procedings, though we are not so given John's exact positional place as we are so given of Peter. | |
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55 And the chief priests and all the council sought
for witness against Jesusa to put
him to adeath; and found
noneb.
56 For many bare afalse witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. |
55a all the council sought for witness
against Jesus The expert 'lawyers' of the scribes, Pharasees and
Saducees all presented such witnesses as they considered well that could
provide testimony they could contort against Jesus. What a prize it would
have been for one of these silver tongued sophisticates to have had an
unlearned Galalean fisherman to parade and question, turning his words
inside out and upside down to the detrament of Jesus. Remember Peter and John
were but of such, unschooled, rough and unpolished. Peter likely observed
just how these 'inquisitionors' so treated and confounded a number of their
witnesses. And Peter would not have wanted to so be used against Jesus in such
a manner.
55b and found none Yes they 'council' was looking for witnesses which they could so contort against Jesus. But as the next verse represents, all they 'found' were those who they brought who would intentionally lie and bare false witness, they type whose testimony not being born of truth could be shown not to agree by such 'defense' lawyers who may have stood for Jesus. If Peter were brought to testify, what could he answer to such charge of Jesus 'pretending' to be the Messiah. Peter's truth would have been that Jesus was and then they could so show that Jesus had 'disallusioned' his followers into believing he was the Son of God. Yet this would be the only charge that Jesus would answer of himself, that 'he was' as he would state 'I AM'. |
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57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this atemple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. |
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60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and aanswered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the bChrist, the Son of the Blessed?a 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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61a Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed? This reference to the 'Son of the Blessed' has a great
indepth meaning. It could easily be said as 'Son of God', 'Son of the
Covenant' or even the 'Son of the Plan of Happiness' meaning that Christ, the
Messiah, is he who was to come as having been selected and anointed before
the foundation of the world in fulfillment of the eternal plan of eternal
progression to be the Redeemer and Savior of the world and of the promised
covenant blessings of the Fathers. Thus it does further reference
as is stated in the terms which Enoch doth pronounce it, that 'Blessed is he
through whose seed Messiah shall come; for he saith—I am Messiah, the
King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven, which is broad as eternity; whoso cometh in
at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall; wherefore, blessed are
they of whom I have spoken, for they shall come forth with sons of
everlasting joy." (Moses 7:53) Now this covenant of blessing or the Everlasting Covenant of the Messiah from the foundation of the world did pass through the 'Fathers', that the promised seed, the Messiah, would come of the families of the covenant such as of Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph (1 Chronicles 5:1-2), and Ephraim (Jeremiah 31:9 and see Messiah ben David ~ Messiah ben Joseph). This is that blessing which Abraham sought according to the 'seed' (Abraham 1:4). This was part of the Covenant or Blessing of Abraham and those 'blessings' and 'promises' which were preserved by the Fathers down through and including Joseph (D&C 27:10) and his son Ephraim/Israel as the 'covenant heir' of the 'birthright' from Jacob (See JST Genesis 48:5-11 and Genesis 49:24). Now that Rachel so named her first son, Joseph (Jehovah adds) as that 'covenant son' or 'son of the covenant' is to be understood by that which Rachel said as prophesied to and by her that the Messiah would be of her 'seed' just as he was to be of the seed of Eve (Genesis 3:15); and this is what Rachel meant by Joseph's name and 'another son/seed' or 'the promised seed' of the covenant to come of Joseph her son, for she was not asking for additional sons, but she was referencing the 'different special son' to come of her first born son, even the blessed Messiah, and that Joseph, as was Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Issac and Jacob, was to be the quintessential blessed ancestor of the Messiah, he being now the 'Son of the Covenant' by her, Rachel, the now quintessential 'Mother of Israel' as referenced by her weeping for 'her children' in Matthew chapter 2 as in Jeremiah's prophecy concerning her. |
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63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all acondemned him to be bguilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. |
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66 ¶ And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. |
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69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. |
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understanding the circumstance we ought to cast the best light on Peter's
intentions. He was NOT going to allow himself to be used as a
witness against his master. He was familiar with the tactics of the scribes,
Pharasees and Saducees in posing 'trick' questioning in order to 'catch a man
out' becuase of his words. It was most likely that Peter was merely
attemping to ensure that he would NOT be brought before the council to
testify, where they could and would use his simple words to condemn his master.
But in his attempts to go undetected and so brought to testify, Peter also
presented himself three times as not being so associated with Jesus. His
best intentions of how he could best be in support of Jesus was actually that
which caused him to fulfill Christ's prophecy concerning him. Often we can
also be so confounded by good intentions, that what we intended was not what
actually transpired.