Mark
14:12-21Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Preparation
for Passover
12 On the
first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, His
disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare the Passover
so You may eat it?”
13 So He
sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man
carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him. 14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The
Teacher says, “Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My
disciples?”’ 15 He will
show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for
us there.” 16 So the
disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as He had told
them, and they prepared the Passover.
Betrayal
at the Passover
17 When evening
came, He arrived with the Twelve. 18 While
they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will
betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”
19 They
began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”
20 He said
to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread with Me in
the bowl. 21 For the
Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but
woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been
better for that man if he had not been born.
Questions
1.
What is the Passover meal? What does it celebrate?
A. God sent
the Angel of Death to kill all the first born boys in all of Egypt. If anyone spilled the blood of a lamb over
the door posts and lentil of a door, the angel would pass over that family’s
house and no one would be harmed. After
this event the Jewish people were released from the Egyptian ruler. It makes the day of Jewish freedom, almost like
the 4th of July.
2.
Why did Jesus tell His disciples that one of His 12 will betray
Him?
A. To
prepare them of what is to come. To
inform them of who will be the betrayer.
3.
Why does Jesus say, “It would have been better for that man if he
had not been born?”
A. He wants
to let Judas know that He knows what’s going on. That Jesus is in control. He wants Judas to understand that what he is
doing is wrong and that he will pay for his punishments.
