Matthew chapter 26

Jesus reminded His disciples that the feast was in two days and that He would be betrayed to be crucified. Can you imagine the person you love telling you that they would be politically murdered in a couple of days? I could imagine this was something that the disciples just could not receive. I could imagine that they simply ignored His statements. Everything was in the process of being completed. The woman who poured the oil on Jesus was for His burial. There would be no time for the normal process of burial for Jesus. Judas was out making a deal to be paid to hand Jesus over to the Pharisees.
While they were sitting at the Passover meal Jesus said that one of them would betray Him. What do you think each of them thought? I still wonder why no one said anything to Judas. Jesus said it was Him. Were they not paying attention or were they thinking it just could not be? This taught me that whatever God says will happen, will happen. Jesus' put His mind on what would happen after the resurrection. He told the disciples that they were to meet Him in Galilee. These men did not understand what Jesus was telling them. We see this when the women told the men that Jesus was alive. For whatever reason, they could not understand the plain and simply words Jesus was saying. Peter thought he was loyal to Jesus. After making his statement of standing with Jesus, Jesus told him that he would declare that he did not know Jesus three times before dawn.

Jesus could not find any of His disciples to stay alert and pray with Him. Don't feel bad when it appears so one is standing with you. The arrest of Jesus was over in the night. This was done underhanded. Although angry thoughts might surface, we must remember that this was prophecy. Jesus had to be crucified for you and me. After Jesus was arrested, people began to come to give testimony. There was no one who came in that could get their story together. The Pharisees asked Jesus if He was the Christ. Jesus said, you said it. The soldiers began to mistreat, mock and beat Jesus because they thought He was a no-body, a crazed out of His mind person.

Peter now was afraid. Jesus is arrested. He did not know what would become of him. When faced with the comment, "you were with Him", Peter denied it. At the third denial, Peter broke down and cried. Have you ever denied Jesus? Have you ever did something that you thought you would never do? Well change. Ask God to forgive you then do your best through the help of the Holy Ghost to improve.