Mateus 26

1 And it came about when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach completed all these divrei torah, he said to his talmidim, 2 You know, that after two days, there is Pesach, and the Bar Enosh is handed over for talui al HaEtz.*26:2 Dt 21:23; Dan 7:13

3 Then the Rashei Hakohanim and the Ziknei haAm (Elders of the People) were assembled in the courtyard of the residence of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest), the one being called Caiapha. 4 And they planned to arrest Yehoshua by a trap and kill him. 5 But they were saying, Not during the Chag (Feast), lest a riot break out among the am haaretz.*26:5 T.N. A careful reading of this book shows that the Moshiach pointed to the One in Ps 110:1; Dan 7:13, Isaiah 53 and Ps 118:22 and declared that the same person is being referred to in all these Scriptures: Moshiach Adoneinu.

6 And, while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was in Beit-Anyah in the bais of Shim’on the leper, 7 An isha approached him with an alabaster flask of costly perfume, and she poured it out on Moshiachʼs rosh, as he sat bimesibba (reclining at tish).*26:7 table 8 And having seen this, Moshiachʼs talmidim were angry, saying, For what is this waste? 9 For it would have been possible to sell this for a generous sum and give to the aniyim (poor ones). 10 Aware of this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Why are you bringing about difficulty for the isha for the ma’aseh tov (good deed) she does to me. 11 For the aniyim you have with you always, but you do not always have me. 12 For this isha (woman) has poured this ointment on my basar (body) in order to prepare me for kevurah (burial).*26:12 Isa 53:9 Ps 16:9-10 13 Omein, I say to you, wherever this Besuras HaGeulah is preached bchol HaOlam (in all the world), in her memory it will be spoken also what was done by her.

14 Then, one of the Shneym Asar (Twelve), Yehudah from K’riot, went to the Rashei Hakohanim 15 and said, What are you willing to give me? And I will hand him over to you. And they weighed out for him sheloshim shiklei kesef (thirty pieces of silver). 16 And from then on he was seeking an opportunity that he might hand Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach over.

17 But at the onset of Chag HaMatzot, Moshiachʼs talmidim approached him, saying, Where do you wish we should prepare for you your Seder? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such and such person and say to him, Our Rebbe says, My time is at hand. With you I am observing Pesach with my talmidim. 19 And the talmidim did as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach commanded them, and they prepared the Seder.

20 When erev came, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish with the Shneym Asar Talmidim. 21 And as they were eating with their Rebbe, he said, Omein, I say to you that one of you will be my betrayer. 22 And much distressed, each one began to say to him, Surely I am not the one, Adoni? 23 But, in reply, he said, The one having dipped the hand into the bowl*26:23 Ex 12:8 with me, this one is my betrayer. 24 Indeed the Bar Enosh*26:24 Moshiach goes as it was written concerning him, but oy to that man through whom the Bar Enosh is betrayed. It would have been better for that man if he had not been born. 25 And, in reply, Yehudah the betrayer of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said, Surely I am not the one, Rabbi? Moshiach says to Yehudah, You have said it.

26 And at the Seudah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having taken matzah, having made HaMotzi, he broke the*26:26 middle matzah, giving the afikoman to the talmidim, and said, Take and eat, this is my basar. 27 And having taken the Cup of Redemption and having made the bracha, he gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is my*26:28 Moshiachʼs, see Isa 53:7-8 Dahm HaBrit HaChadasha,*26:28 Isa 42:6; Jer 31:31-34 which is poured out LARABBIM*26:28 Isa 53:11-12 (for many) for the selicha (forgiveness) of chattaim (sins).