And again i say to you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god.
Guzik mat 26.
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When a prisoner was crucified they were often nailed to the cross naked simply to increase their humiliation.
26 when jesus had finished saying all these things he said to his disciples 2 as you know the passover is two days away and the son of man will be handed over to be crucified 3 then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest whose name was caiaphas 4 and they schemed to arrest jesus secretly and kill him.
4 and they plotted together to seize jesus by.
But this should be.
Then jesus said to his disciples assuredly i say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
The four witnesses to this scene paul s of course by direct revelation are remarkable for variation in the words of jesus as separately reported.
Mat 19 23 26 riches as an obstacle to the kingdom.
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26 when jesus had finished all these words he said to his disciples 2 you know that after two days the passover is coming and the son of man is to be handed over for crucifixion 3 then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest named caiaphas.
This and through matthew 26 30 is matthew s account of the establishment of the lord s supper an event recorded by all three synoptics and by paul in 1 corinthians 11 23 26.
Matthew 25 matthew 27 chapter 26.
Mat 10 26 31 even in the midst of persecution jesus disciples should not fear but be bold in their proclamation of the gospel.
Mat 26 69 75 fearing association with jesus peter denies his relationship with jesus three times.
Mat 23 25 26 the religious leaders are impure both inside and out.
Now peter sat outside in the courtyard.
The jewish rulers had already mocked jesus as the messiah matthew 26 67 68.
The plot against jesus.
Woe to you scribes and pharisees hypocrites.
The narrative of the death and sufferings of christ is more particularly and fully recorded by all the four evangelists than any part of his history.
For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish but inside they are full of extortion and self indulgence.
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Now the roman powers mocked him as king.
They stripped him.
The plot to kill jesus.