Open English Translation LUKE Chapter 22

22 [ref]By then the Festival of Flat Bread was getting closer—part of the Passover celebrations, 2 and the chief priests and the religious teachers were trying to find a way to kill Yeshua without causing the people to riot.

3 Then Satan entered Yudas Iscariot, one of the twelve apprentices. 4 He left the others and went to the chief priests and their officers to discuss a way that he could turn Yeshua into them. 5 They were very pleased and decided to give him some silver, 6 so agreeing to that, he started looking for an opportunity to turn Yeshua into them sometime when he wasn’t surrounded by a crowd.

7 Then the day of the flat bread dinner arrived when the Passover celebration is observed. 8 Yeshua sent Peter and Yohan, telling them, “Go on ahead and prepare our Passover meal ready for us to eat.”

9 “Where should we prepare it?” they asked. 10 “Listen,” he said, “go ahead and when you enter the city you’ll meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house that he goes into. 11 Then tell the home-owner that the teacher wants to know where the guest room is so that he can eat the Passover meal with his followers 12 and he’ll show you a large upper room that’s already set-up. That’s where you should prepare the meal.” 13 So the two of them went on ahead and found it exactly like he’d told them, and so they prepared the Passover dinner.

14 When it was time to eat, Yeshua and his apprentices sat down together 15 and he told them, “I’ve been really looking forward to eating this passover dinner with you all before my time of suffering begins, 16 because I’m telling you that I certain won’t eat it again until it’s fulfilled in God’s kingdom.”

17 Then when the wine cup was passed to him, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves, 18 because I’m telling you that after this, I won’t drink the product of the vines again until God’s kingdom comes.

19 Then picking up some bread and giving thanks, he broke the bread and gave it to them saying, “This is my body which is being given for you all. Do this when you remember me.” 20 [ref]Similarly with the cup of wine that comes after they’ve eaten, he said, “This cup is the new agreement in my blood which will be poured out for you all.

21 [ref]“However, the one who will turn me in is sitting with me at the table. 22 Now, humanity’s child has to endure that’s been previously designated, but on the other hand, it won’t end well for the man who turns him in.”

23 This got them debating among themselves about which one of them it might be who was going to do that 24 [ref]and soon it turned into a dispute between them about which one of them was the greatest, 25 so Yeshua said, “In other countries, the kings are the master over the people and they call themselves ‘benefactors’ of those they have authority over. 26 [ref]But all of you shouldn’t be like that, but rather the greatest one of you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads you all should become like the servant. 27 [ref]Because who is greater: the one on the couch or the one who’s serving? Isn’t it the one on the couch? But among all of you, I’m like the one serving 28 and you all are the ones who have stuck with me even in my trials.

29 “And I’m making an agreement with you (just like my father agreed that the kingdom would be mine), 30 [ref]so that you all will be able to eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you’ll sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has requested to sift you all like wheat grains, 32 but I interceded for you that your faith wouldn’t fail and that once you turn back again, you’ll strengthen your brothers.”

33 “Master,” Simon responded, “I’m prepared to go to prison with you, or even to die.”

34 “I can tell you, Peter,” replied Yeshua, “that the rooster certainly won’t crow today until you’ve gone and three times denied even knowing me.”

35 [ref]Then Yeshua told them, “When I sent you all out without a wallet or backpack or spare sandals, did you have to go without anything?”

“Nothing,” they answered.

36 “But now,” Yeshua continued, “if you have a wallet, take it and same with a backpack. If you don’t have a sword, sell your coat and buy one, 37 [ref]because it was written that ‘he was considered to be a lawbreaker’ and I’m telling you all that everything that was written about me, will be fulfilled and my time here is soon about to end.

38 “Master,” they said, “we’ve got two swords here.”

“That’s plenty,” he replied.

39 Then leaving the upper room, he went to the Mount of Olives as usual and his apprentices followed him. 40 When they got to the place, he told them, “You all pray that you won’t give in to temptation.”

41 Then he went on several metres, and kneeling on the ground he prayed, 42 “Father, if you want, allow me to avoid this suffering, however, I want to do what you want—not just what I want.” 43 ◘ 44 ◘

45 Then standing again after praying, he went back to the apprentices and found that they’d fallen asleep from the sorrow 46 and he asked them, “Why are you all sleeping? Sit up and pray that you won’t give in to temptation.”

47 While he was still speaking, wow, a crowd turned up with Yudas Iscariot in the front, and he went up to Yeshua to kiss him. 48 But Yeshua asked him, “Yudas, are you turning in humanity’s child with a kiss?”

49 When the other apprentices around Yeshua saw what was about to happen, they asked, “Master, should we attack with our swords?” 50 Then one of them slashed at the chief priest’s slave and sliced off his right ear.

51 “That’s gone far enough!” countered Yeshua, and touching the side of the man’s head, he healed him.

52 Then Yeshua spoke to those who had come to capture him—the chief priests and temple officers and the local elders, “So you all came out here with swords and clubs as if I was a robber? 53 [ref]I was there in the temple with you all everyday and yet you didn’t arrest me there. Yes, because this is your time with the power of the darkness.”

54 Then after capturing Yeshua, they led him along to the chief priest’s house, but Peter followed them from a distance. 55 The staff at the chief priest’s place had lit a fire to sit around in the middle of the courtyard and Peter slipped in with them. 56 Then a servant girl noticed him in the light and peering at him she said, “This man was with him as well.”

57 But Peter disowned him, saying, “Woman, I don’t even know him.”

58 A little while later someone else noticed him and said, “You’re also one of them!”

“Man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.

59 About an hour later, someone else insisted on saying, “This fellow was definitely with him because he’s also a Galilean!”

60 “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Peter responded, and while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

61 Just then the master turned at looked at Peter and he suddenly remembered what the master had said, “Before the rooster crows today, three times you’ll deny even knowing me.” 62 Then Peter went out of the courtyard and cried like a baby.

63 Meanwhile the officers who were holding Yeshua started mocking him and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and then challenged him, “Prophesy and tell us who just slapped you!” 65 as well as saying many other things to insult him.

66 As the daylight came, the council of local elders including both the chief priests and the religious teachers, gathered together and Yeshua was led in to the council 67 who demanded, “If you’re the messiah, tell us so.”

“Even if I told you,” he replied, “you certainly wouldn’t believe me, 68 and if I asked you all anything, you certainly wouldn’t answer. 69 But from now on, humanity’s child will be sitting in the seat of power on God’s right.”

70 “So then you are God’s son!” they all reacted.

“Well, you all are saying that I am,” he said.

71 “Why would we need any more witnesses than this?” they asked, “because we heard it ourselves straight out of his mouth.”