17 On the first day of the Flat Bread Celebration, Yeshua’s (Jesus’; Grk. Yesus’) apprentices approached him and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the pass-over meal for you?”

18 “Go into the city to so-and-so,” answered Yeshua, “and tell him that the teacher said, ‘My time is getting close, but I’ll celebrate the pass-over meal with you, along with my apprentices.’ ”

19 So the apprentices did as Yeshua had instructed them, and then they prepared the pass-over meal.

20 That evening, as Yeshua was sitting with the twelve, 21 and they were still eating, he said to them, “I can assure you that one of you is going to hand me over.”

22 They were very upset, and one by one they asked him, “Surely it won’t be me, master?”

23 “It’s the one who dipped his bread into the bowl at the same time as I did,” Yeshua answered. “He’s the one who’s going to hand me over.[ref] 24 It’s true that the son of humanity is going to suffer what’s already been written about, but on the other hand, it won’t end well for the man who hands him over—in fact it would have been better for him if he’d never been born.”

25 “Surely it won’t be me, honoured teacher?” asked Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas), the one who would hand him over.[fn]

“You said it,” he replied.