Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Matthew 26

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Welcome to Focus On The Message – the first component of our Following Jesus discipleship program. This web page contains the lessons for:

Matthew 20

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Matthew 26

This chapter has 9 lessons. You should ideally cover one chapter (with all of its lessons) in a week, but please don’t let a week go by without completing at least one lesson.

Lesson 1: The Plot Against Jesus

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:1-5 – The Plot Against Jesus
  • Matthew 26:1-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2; John11:46-57

Checkout the following:

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Topics to explore:

• • The chief priests and the elders wanted to arrest and kill Jesus, but not during the Passover feast. What had to happen for Jesus’ execution to actually take place during Passover?

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 2: Jesus Anointed at Bethany

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:6-13 – Jesus Anointed at Bethany
  • Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:1-11; John 12:1-11
  • Luke 7:36-50 (related)
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Checkout the following:

• • The Bible Project: Anointing (00:03:20)

Topics to explore:

• • What was the name of the woman who anointed Jesus? How do we know?
  • How did people eat at meals in this setting? How did she have access to Jesus feet?

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 3: Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:14-16 – Jesus Anointed at Bethany
  • Matthew 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-11
  • Exodus 21:28-32 (related)
  • Zechariah 11:4-17 (related)

Checkout the following:

• • Wikipedia: Thirty pieces of silver

Topics to explore:

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Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 4: The Lord’s Supper

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:17-30 – The Lord’s Supper
  • Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-38
  • Psalm 41
  • Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread – Exodus 12; Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Checkout the following:

• • Bible Project: Exodus 1 – 18 (00:06:33)
  • Chametz – Wikipedia

Topics to explore:

• • What do the words “this is my body” and “this is my blood” imply about what will happen to Jesus?
  • Is Jesus trying to tell them something symbolically that they haven’t been able to accept through plainer language?

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
  • 34. The Passover [Matthew] – Tim Mackie – YouTube (00:51:51)

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 5: Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:31-35 – Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
  • Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34
  • Zechariah 13

Checkout the following:

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Topics to explore:

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Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 6: Gethsemane

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:36-46 – Gethsemane
  • Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1
  • Cup of God’s Wrath – Psalm 75; Isaiah 51:17-23; Jeremiah 25:15-38
  • Psalm 42

Checkout the following:

• • Bible Project: Blessing and Curse (00:06:03)

Topics to explore:

• • Jesus progresses in his prayer.

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
  • 35. Panic Attack [Matthew] – Tim Mackie (00:53:55)

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 7: Jesus Arrested

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:47-56 – Jesus Arrested
  • Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-14
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Checkout the following:

• • Luke reports that Jesus’ disciples asked him if they should strike with their swords.
  • Matthew, Mark, and Luke report that one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest.
  • Luke and John report that Jesus tells them to stop. Luke further reports that Jesus healed the wounded man.
  • John reports that the person who struck with the sword was Peter and names the man he wounds as Malchus.

Topics to explore:

• • Jesus makes it clear that, if he asked, the Father would give him more than 12 legions of angels. A Roman legion at that time numbers roughly 6,000 soldiers.

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 8: Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:57-68 – Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
  • Matthew 26:57-68; Mark 14:53-65; John 18:19-24
  • John 18:12-24 records that Jesus was initially taken to Annas, the father-in-law to Caiphas and the former high priest.

Checkout the following:

• • Daniel 7
  • The Bible Project: Son of Man (00:05:51)

Topics to explore:

• • What was Peter trying to accomplish?

Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

Lesson 9: Peter Disowns Jesus

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 26:69-75 – Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
  • Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-27
  • Matthew 26:31-35 – Jesus predicts Peter’s denial.
  • Luke 22:31-32 – “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat . . .”

Checkout the following:

• • Why did Peter fail?
  • Walking The Text: 10 Million Dollars Educating You | Teaching Series | EP033 – YouTube (00:11:11)

Topics to explore:

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Additional resources to check out:

• • Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
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Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

• • Read the main passage and related passages above.

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