Mt. 26:1 Now it came to pass, when Yeshua had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,
Mt. 26:2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
Mk. 14:1a After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Lk. 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
A couple of points need to be brought out here for clarification. First of all, Yeshua told His disciples that He would be delivered up to be crucified. While this is indeed true, I wonder how much confusion this may have caused with His disciples. Crucifixion is not a Jewish form of execution; it is Roman. Also, Passover lasted only for one day. The Feast of Unleavened Bread lasted for seven days and started immediately the next day following Passover. It was not unusual for the Jews to use the term “Passover” to include both feasts.
Mt. 26:3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders assembled at the palace of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas.
Josephus related that there were four high priests in succession from Annas to Caiaphas. Thus in the same book of “Antiquities” he writes as follows, “Valerius Graters put an having end to the priesthood of Ananus (Annas), appointed Ishmael, the son of Fabi, the high priest.. And having removed him after a little he appoints Eleazer, the son of Ananus, the high priest, to the same office. And having removed him also at the end of a year he gives the high priesthood to Simon, the son of Camithus. But he likewise held the honor no more than a year, when Josephus, called also Caiaphas, succeeded him.” Accordingly the whole time of our Savior’s ministry is shown to have been not quite four full years, four high priests from Annas to the ascension of Caiaphas, having held office a year each. The Gospel therefore has rightly indicated Caiaphas as the High Priest under whom the Savior suffered .
Source: Jos. Ant. 18.2.2 34, 35
Mt. 26:4 And plotted to take Yeshua by trickery and kill Him.
Mk. 14:1b And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.
Lk. 22:2a And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him.
Violation No. 1: The trial was to be held before impartial judges.
The judges are Yeshua’s trial hated Him. They don’t yet know how they would would carry out their plan, but they were determined to do so. The Hebrew Scriptures were very specific about how the judges were to conduct themselves. For instance, it says, “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.” Also it says, “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
Sources: Exod. 23:2; Deut. 16:18, 19
Mt. 26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Mk. 14:2 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
Lk. 22:2b For they feared the people.
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