26:14-16
Judas now begins his infamous betrayal of Jesus. One does wonder why the chief priests needed someone to “deliver him” into their hands. As Jesus would say later, He was in the temple every day, they could have arrested Him then if they wanted. The reason is fear and politics. The chief priest knew that Jesus was popular with the crowds, and it would be very useful for them if they could say one of the disciples had betrayed Him. Judas was in some ways a “useful idiot”. Thirty pieces of silver was about 120 days wages for a labourer. The betrayal has now been set in motion.
26:17-19
The Passover was not actually a single day, rather the festival went on for a week. This helps explain some of the supposed discrepancies in the accounts, along with the fact that the Jews counted evening as the start of the day. Anyway, the disciples were going to have the Passover meal with Jesus. Jesus tells the what to do, and all the preparations had been made. The “appointed time was near” for the true and great Passover.
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