Luke 22
1 It was now almost time to celebrate the festival of Unleavened Bread, which [began with] the Passover festival.
And the feast of unleavened cakes, which is called the passover, drew near.
2 The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were seeking a way to kill Jesus. [But they wanted to do it secretly], because they were afraid that if [they did not do] it secretly, the people [might riot].
And the chief priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.
3 Then [even though] Judas, who was called [the man from] Kerioth [village], was one of the twelve [disciples], Satan entered him.
And Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.
4 Judas went and conferred with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guards. He discussed with them how he could enable them to seize [Jesus].
And he went and conferred with the chief priests and Scribes, and the military commanders of the temple, how he might betray him to them.
5 They were pleased [that he wanted to do that]. They offered to give him money [for doing it].
And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 So he agreed, [and they gave him the money]. Then he tried to find an opportunity to enable them to seize [Jesus] when there was no crowd around him.
And he promised them, and sought opportunity to betray him to them, in the absence of the multitude.
7 Then the day during the [first part of the week-long festival] of Unleavened Bread came, [the day] when [the] lambs [for the] Passover [celebration] had to be killed.
And the day of unleavened cakes arrived, on which it was customary for the passover to be slain.
8 So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the meal for the Passover [celebration].”
And Jesus sent Cephas and John, and said to them; Go, prepare for us the passover, that we may eat it.
9 They replied to him, “Where do you [(sg)] want us to prepare it?”
And they said to him: Where wilt thou, that we prepare?
10 He said to the [two of] them, “Listen carefully. When you [two] enter the city, a man who is carrying a [large] jar of water will meet you. Follow him. [When] he enters [a house],
He said to them: Lo, when ye enter the city, there will a man meet you, bearing a vessel of water. Go after him;
11 tell the owner of the house, ‘[Our] teacher says [that we(exc) should] ask [you(sg) to please] show [us] the room that [he arranged with you] where he can eat the Passover [meal] with [us], his disciples [RHQ].’
and where he entereth, say ye to the lord of the house: Our Rabbi saith, Is there a place of refreshment, in which I may eat the Passover, with my disciples?
12 He will show you a large room that is on the upper [floor of the house]. It will be all set up [for a meal]. Prepare the meal for us there.”
And lo, he will show you a large upper room that is furnished; there prepare ye.
13 So [the two disciples] went [into the city]. They found everything to be just like [Jesus] had told them. So they prepared [the meal for] the Passover [celebration there].
And they went, and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover.
14 When it was time [MTY] [to eat the Passover meal], Jesus [came and] sat down with the [twelve] apostles.
And when the time arrived, Jesus came and reclined; and the twelve Legates with him.
15 He said to them, “I have greatly desired to eat this Passover [meal] with you before I suffer [and die].
And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffer.
16 I want you to know that I will not eat [the Passover meal] again until all those whose lives God rules completely realize [what it represents].”
For I say to you, That henceforth I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 Then he took a cup [of wine] and thanked [God for it]. Then he said, “Take this, and each of you drink some of it.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said: Take this, and divide it among you.
18 I want you to know that [from now on] I will not drink wine until God makes me king.”
For I say to you, That I shall not drink of the product of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 Then he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it [into pieces] and gave it to them [to eat]. He said, “This [bread represents] my body, which [I] am about to sacrifice for you. Keep on [eating bread] this way [regularly] to remember what I [have done for you].”
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to them, and said: This is my body, which is given for your sakes. This do ye, in remembrance of me.
20 Similarly, after [they had eaten] the meal, he took [another] cup [of wine]. He said, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] my blood, which will soon flow [from my body when I die]. [With] this blood [I will sign] the new agreement [that God is making with] you.
And in like manner also concerning the cup, after they had supped, he said: This cup is the new testament in my blood, which, for your sakes, is poured out!
21 But [note that] the one [SYN] who will enable my enemies to seize me is eating right here with me!
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is on the table.
22 [It is certain that I], the one who came from heaven, will die, because that is what [God] has planned. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who will (betray me/enable my enemies to seize me)!”
And the Son of man goeth, as it was determined; but woe to that man, by whom he is betrayed.
23 Then they began to ask one another, “Which of us would do such a thing?”
And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was, that would do this.
24 [The apostles] began to argue among themselves, saying, “Which one of us [will be] the greatest [when Jesus becomes king]?”
And there was contention also among them, who among them would be greatest.
25 So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jews [enjoy] showing that they are powerful. [Yet] they give [themselves] the title, ‘ones who help the people.’
And Jesus said to them: The kings of the nations, are their lords; and those exercising authority over them, are called benefactors.
26 But you should not be like them! Instead, those who [want God to consider them] the greatest should [act as though they] were the youngest, [since the youngest are expected to serve the older ones]. Whoever is a leader should be one who serves [the others].
But ye, not so: but he that is great among you, must be as the least; and he that is chief, as the servitor.
27 Keep in mind who is the most important one [RHQ]. It is certainly the one who [just sits] at the table, not [RHQ] those who serve [the meal]. But I, [your leader], have been [an example for you] by serving you [while I have been] among you.
For, which is the greater, he that reclineth, or he that serveth? Is not he that reclineth? But I am among you, as he that serveth.
28 You are the ones who have stayed with me during all my troubles.
Ye are they who have continued with me in my trials:
29 So now, just like my Father has appointed me to rule as a king, I am appointing you
and I promise to you, as my Father hath promised to me, a kingdom:
30 so that you can sit and eat [and rule] [MET] with me when I become king. You will sit on thrones to judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel.”
that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked [God to let him test you, and God has permitted him to do it. Satan wants to cause you to suffer distress] (OR, [distress you]) [so that you will not believe/trust in me any more/longer. He wants to shake you, just like a man shakes wheat in a sieve to sift it] [MET].
And Jesus said to Simon: Simon, lo, Satan hath desired to sift thee, as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you [(sg)] restore your relationship with me, help your fellow apostles [to trust in me more]!”
but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And thou also, in time, turn; and confirm thy brethren.
33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you [(sg)] if they put you in prison, or even to die with you!”
And Simon said to him: My Lord, with thee I am ready, both for prison and for death.
34 Jesus replied, “Peter, I want you [(sg)] to know that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!”
Jesus said to him: 1 tell thee, Simon, the cock will not crow this day, until thou hast three times denied that thou knowest me.
35 Then [Jesus] asked all of them, “After I sent you out [to other villages, and you went] without taking any money or a [traveling] bag or [extra] sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They replied, “[That’s right], [we(exc) did] not [lack] anything.”
And he said to them: When I sent you without purses, without wallets and shoes, lacked ye any thing? They say to him: Nothing.
36 Then, [to show them that now many people would oppose them], (OR, [to show them that they needed to be prepared to protect themselves], ) he said to them, “Now [things will be different. So] whoever among you has some money should take it with him. Likewise, he should take a carrying bag. Whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy a sword.
He said to them: Henceforth, let him that hath a purse, take it; and so likewise a wallet. And let him that hath no sword, sell his garment, and buy himself a sword.
37 Because, I now tell you, [something must happen to me to fulfill these words that a prophet] wrote: ‘He was treated {They treated him} as [though he were] a criminal.’ Do not forget that everything that is {that they have} written about me [in the Scriptures] must be fulfilled.”
For I say to you, That this also, which was written, must be fulfilled in me: I shall be numbered with transgressors. For, all that relates to me, will be fulfilled.
38 [One of] the disciples said, “Lord, look! We [(exc)] have two swords!” [Realizing that they did not understand the meaning of what he said], he replied to them, “That is enough [talk about swords]”!
And they said to him: Our Lord, lo, here are two swords. He said to them: They are sufficient.
39 As [Jesus] left [the city], he went, as he usually did, to Olive [Tree] Hill. His disciples went with him.
And he went out, and proceeded, as was his custom, to the mount of the place of Olives; and his disciples followed him.
40 When he came to the place [where he often spent the night], he said to them, “Pray that [God will help you] whenever something tempts you.”
And when he arrived at the place, he said to them: Pray ye, that ye enter not into temptation.
41 Then he went from them a distance of about 30 meters/yards. (OR, as far as someone can throw a stone.) He knelt and prayed,
And he retired from them, about a stone's throw; and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 “[My] Father, if you are willing [to do it], force me [to have to undergo] these terrible things that [are about to happen to me] [MTY]. But do not do what I want. Instead, do what you want.”
and said: Father, if it please thee, let this cup pass from me. Yet not my pleasure, but thine, be done.
43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to Jesus and caused him to become stronger.
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, who strengthened him.
44 He was greatly distressed. So he prayed more earnestly. His sweat fell down on the ground as though it was large drops of blood.
And as he was in fear, he prayed earnestly; and his sweat was like drops of blood; and it fell on the ground.
45 When he got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He found that they were sleeping. They were exhausted because they were very sorrowful.
And he arose from his prayer, and came to his disciples: and he found them sleeping, from sorrow.
46 He [woke them and] said to them, “(I am disappointed that you are sleeping!/Why are you sleeping?) [RHQ] Get up! Pray that [God will help you] whenever you are tempted {when something [like this] tempts you}!”
And he said to them: Why sleep ye? Arise, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
47 While [Jesus] was still speaking, a crowd [came to him]. Judas, [even though he was] one of the twelve [disciples], was leading them. He came close to Jesus and kissed him [on the cheek as if to greet him, but was really a signal to those with him which one was Jesus].
And while he was speaking, lo, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, came at their head. And he came up to Jesus, and kissed him. For he had given them this sign: Whom I shall kiss, he it is.
48 Jesus said to him, “Judas, (I am disappointed that it is by kissing me that you are enabling [my enemies] to seize [me], the one who came from heaven!/is it by kissing me [as though you loved me] that you are enabling [my enemies] to seize [me], the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ]”
Jesus said to him: Judas, is it with a kiss thou betrayest the Son of man?
49 When the [disciples] who were around Jesus realized what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we [(exc)] strike [them] with our swords?”
And when they that were with him, saw what occurred, they said to him: Our Lord, shall we smite them with the sword?
50 One of his [drew his sword and] struck the servant of the high priest [to kill him, but only] cut off his right ear.
And one of them smote a servant of the high priest, and took off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said, “Do not [do] any more of that!” He touched the [servant’s] ear and healed him.
And Jesus answered and said: Sufficient, thus far. And he touched the ear of him that was smitten, and healed him.
52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the Temple guards, and the [Jewish] elders who had come to [seize] him, “(It is ridiculous that you have come [here] with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as [if I were] a bandit!/Why have you come here with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as if I were a bandit?) [RHQ] Day after day [I was with you] in the Temple [courtyard], [and] you did not seize me! But this is the time [MTY] when [God is allowing] you [to do what you want]. It is also the time [MTY] when God is allowing [Satan, who rules] [MTY] [in] the darkness, [to do what he wants].”
And Jesus said to those who had come upon him, the chief priests and Elders and military captains of the temple: Have ye come out against me, as against a robber, with swords, and with clubs, to take me?
I was with you daily in the temple, and ye laid not hands upon me. But this is your hour, and the reign of darkness.
54 They seized [Jesus] and led him away. They brought him to the high priest’s house. Peter followed [them] at a distance.
And they took him, and conducted him to the house of the high priest. And Simon followed after him, at a distance.
55 They kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them.
And they kindled a fire in the middle of the court, and sat around it; and Simon also sat among them.
56 As the light [from the fire] shone [on his face, a] female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with [the man whom they have arrested]!”
And a certain maid saw him sitting at the fire, and she looked upon him, and said: This man also was with him.
57 But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!”
But he denied, and said: Woman, I have not known him.
58 A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You [(sg)] also are one of those who [were with] the man [they arrested]!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not [one of them]!”
And a little after, another person saw him, and said to him: Thou too art one of them. And Cephas said: I am not.
59 About an hour later someone else said emphatically [about Peter], “[The way] that this man [speaks shows that he] is from Galilee [district]. Certainly this man was also with the man whom [they arrested, who is from Galilee]!”
And an hour after, another contended and said: Certainly, this man also was with him, for he likewise is a Galilean.
60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you [(sg)] are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
Cephas said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was speaking, the cock crew.
61 The Lord [Jesus] turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “This night, before the rooster crows, you [(sg)] will deny three times [that you know] me.”
And Jesus turned, and looked upon Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he spoke to him: Before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me three times.
62 And Peter went out [of the courtyard] and cried very sorrowfully.
And Simon went out, and wept bitterly.
63 The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.
And the men who had taken Jesus, insulted him, and blinded him,
64 They put a blindfold on him and [beat him again. Then] they said to him, “[Because you(sg) say] [IRO] that you are a prophet, [prove it by] telling us who it was that struck you!”
and smote him on his face, and said: Prophesy thou, who smote thee?
65 They said many other evil things about him, insulting him.
And many other things they revilingly uttered, and spoke against him.
66 At dawn [the next morning], many of the [Jewish] leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him,
And when the day dawned, the Elders and chief priests and Scribes assembled together; and they led him to the place of their meeting,
67 “If you [(sg)] are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I tell you that, you will not believe me.
and said to him: If thou art the Messiah, tell us. He said to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe in me.
68 If I ask you [what you think about the Messiah], you will not answer me.
And if I should ask you, ye will not return me an answer; nor will ye release me.
69 But some day you will see [me], the one who came from heaven, sitting next to almighty God and ruling [MTY]!”
From this time, the Son of man will sit on the right hand of the majesty of God.
70 Then they all said, “If that is so, are [you(sg) saying that] you are (the Son of God/the Man who is also God)?” He said to them, “[Yes], it is just like you say [MTY].”
And they all said: Thou art then, the Son of God? Jesus said to them: Ye say that I am.
71 Then they said [to each other], “(We [(inc)] certainly do not need anyone else to testify [against him]!/Why should we ask for any more people to testify [against him]?) [RHQ]” We ourselves have heard him say [MTY] [that he is equal with God]!
They say: What further need have we of witnesses? For we have heard from his own mouth.
