When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.” Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
This is another time when Jesus councils His disciples that His mission in Jerusalem is to die at the hands of the Romans and Jews. It may be that since Jesus often times speaks in parables that they did not believe him. Also, because Jesus has worked miracles that they believed that He would not be slain. Jesus knew that when all things had come to pass, they would remember His words and believe. To the zealots, Jesus was a blasphemer declaring that He is the Son of God. To the Pharisees, He was a threat to their positions in the Temple and feared that if Jesus grew any further in recognition, that the Romans would crush the Jews for rebellion. But to the world and to His Father, Jesus was the unblemished Lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the world. Finally to Satan, he was losing his grip on the situation because Jesus never yielded to him or to the circumstances and now was facing judgment when the Son of God would be raised from the dead to extinguish death. Oh death, where is your victory? Where is your sting?
Daily Prayer: Father, daily we celebrate the life, death, and resurrection of the Living God. Though man was appointed to die because of sin, now by Your great grace, we can live again because Jesus suffered death and was raised in glory so that all who come to Him in faith can be reconciled to You in life. We thank you in Jesus name Amen.
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