Luke 22:1-13

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+title = "Luke 22:1–13"
+date = "2023-02-03"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk22.1-13)
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+Now the stage is set for the last 24 hours before Jesus is killed. Passover
+draws close and the chief priests try to find some way to put Jesus to death
+that wouldn't cause them backlash from the people, which would disturb the
+governing Romans. It turns out that the only way they could get to Jesus is by
+having one of His inner circle betray Him. Judas Iscariot, under the control of
+Satan, approaches the chief priests and agrees to betray Jesus to them when He
+is away from any crowds. Because Jesus has established the pattern of leaving
+the city for the night, Judas knows what part of the Mount of Olives they will
+be in.
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+What Judas doesn't know is where Jesus will celebrate the Passover. Jesus gives
+instructions to Peter and John to go make preparations, but they have to ask
+where it will be. The directions Jesus gives them are strange. First, He says a
+man with a water jar will meet them. In this culture, women carried the water
+jars from the wells to the houses, while men carried water skins for their
+personal use. This man may have been very young, thirteen years old perhaps, or
+there were just no women at his house to do the work. (There is some
+circumstantial evidence that this man is Mark, who went on a missionary journey
+with Paul and wrote down the Gospel of Mark under Peter's dictation.) Peter and
+John are to follow this man to a house, where they are to ask for the guest
+room for the Teacher and His disciples.
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+This must have been a pretty big house. The guest room was able to have at
+least thirteen men reclining at the table. Providentially (which is just a
+fancy word for God setting things up without us seeing it), all the furnishings
+for a Passover meal were there already. It sounds like all Peter and John had
+to do was get the food ready.
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+Nothing escapes Your notice and every detail is accounted for in Your plan.