馬太福音26:17-30

 

26:17 除酵節的第一天，門徒來問耶穌說：「你吃逾越節的筵席，要我們在哪裡給你預備？」
26:18 耶穌說：「你們進城去，到某人那裡，對他說：『夫子說：我的時候快到了，我與門徒要在你家裡守逾越節。』」
26:19 門徒遵著耶穌所吩咐的就去預備了逾越節的筵席。
26:20 到了晚上，耶穌和十二個門徒坐席。
26:21 正吃的時候，耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，你們中間有一個人要賣我了。」
26:22 他們就甚憂愁，一個一個地問他說：「主，是我嗎？」
26:23 耶穌回答說：「同我蘸手在盤子裡的，就是他要賣我。
26:24 人子必要去世，正如經上指著他所寫的；但賣人子的人有禍了！那人不生在世上倒好。」
26:25 賣耶穌的猶大問他說：「拉比，是我嗎？」耶穌說：「你說的是。」
26:26 他們吃的時候，耶穌拿起餅來，祝福，就擘開，遞給門徒，說：「你們拿著吃，這是我的身體」；
26:27 又拿起杯來，祝謝了，遞給他們，說：「你們都喝這個；
26:28 因為這是我立約的血，為多人流出來，使罪得赦。
26:29 但我告訴你們，從今以後，我不再喝這葡萄汁，直到我在我父的國裡同你們喝新的那日子。」
26:30 他們唱了詩，就出來往橄欖山去。

 

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

¹⁸ He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

²⁰ When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. ²¹ And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

²² They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

²³ Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. ²⁴ The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”

Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

²⁷ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸ This is my blood of the^[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹ I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

³⁰ When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

 

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    猶太人和我們的習俗有點像，就是在節期的時候，會聚集一同吃筵席。正如主耶穌和門徒在耶路撒冷，除酵節的第一天，門徒來問耶穌說：「你吃逾越節的筵席，要我們在哪裡給你預備？」

 

    除酵節就是逾越節，是紀念上帝帶領以色列人出埃及的事件。這對猶太人而言是很重要的節期，大家會聚集到耶路撒冷過節，就像我們過新年一般。而主耶穌也知道自己被釘十字架的日子近了，就利用餅和杯來象徵自己的身體和寶血，讓門徒感受到主為了拯救世人，將身體獻上為祭如同逾越節的羔羊一般。

 

    教會因著主耶穌設立的聖餐之「筵席」，一直在基督徒中進行，而最早展現於文字是保羅所寫的哥林多前書11章23-25節：「我當日傳給你們的，原是從主領受的，就是主耶穌被賣的那一夜，拿起餅來，祝謝了，就擘開，說：『這是我的身體，為你們捨（有古卷：擘開）的，你們應當如此行，為的是記念我。』飯後，也照樣拿起杯來，說：『這杯是用我的血所立的新約，你們每逢喝的時候，要如此行，為的是記念我。』」

 

    而聖餐不僅讓我們在地上吃，更讓我們體會到將來在上帝國中與主耶穌一同坐席、一同做王，這是何等美好的事！

 

 

 

馬太福音26:14-16

 

26:14 當下，十二門徒裡有一個稱為加略人猶大的，去見祭司長，說：
26:15 「我把他交給你們，你們願意給我多少錢？」他們就給了他三十塊錢。
26:16 從那時候，他就找機會要把耶穌交給他們。

 

¹⁴ Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests ¹⁵ and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

 

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    加略人猶大是耶穌所信任的門徒之一，他是掌管這個小群體財務的，也因為錢財的事情讓他跌倒。他竟然跑去向祭司長，說：我把他交給你們，你們願意給我多少錢？」

 

    他竟然做起出賣老師的交易，他竟然不知道他所跟隨的是主，是上帝的兒子！不管是不是他的貪心蒙蔽眼睛，但是可以感受到的是聖靈沒有在他的心中動工！這是件可怕的事情，但是上帝為了完成祂的旨意，允許這樣的事情發生！

 

    這也讓我們想到人生有許多的考驗正像如此，是上帝早早安排好，也是他允許的，可是我們卻不知道，也因為不知道我們受了許多的熬練，好成就上帝的美事，使上帝的榮耀界我們而彰顯！

 

    所以，我們也要為自己受的「不知道原因」的苦來感謝上帝，雖然承受的時候是感受到絕望，但是事後卻感受到上滿滿的恩惠與慈愛！

 

 

 

列王紀下9:30-37

 

9:30 耶戶到了耶斯列；耶洗別聽見就擦粉、梳頭，從窗戶裡往外觀看。
9:31 耶戶進門的時候，耶洗別說：「殺主人的心利啊，平安嗎？」
9:32 耶戶抬頭向窗戶觀看，說：「誰順從我？」有兩三個太監從窗戶往外看他。
9:33 耶戶說：「把她扔下來！」他們就把她扔下來。她的血濺在牆上和馬上；於是把她踐踏了。
9:34 耶戶進去，吃了喝了，吩咐說：「你們把這被咒詛的婦人葬埋了，因為她是王的女兒。」
9:35 他們就去葬埋她，只尋得她的頭骨和腳，並手掌。
9:36 他們回去告訴耶戶，耶戶說：「這正應驗耶和華藉他僕人提斯比人以利亞所說的話，說：『在耶斯列田間，狗必吃耶洗別的肉；
9:37 耶洗別的屍首必在耶斯列田間如同糞土，甚至人不能說這是耶洗別。』」

 

³⁰ Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window. ³¹ As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri, you murderer of your master?”^[e]

³² He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. ³³ “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

³⁴ Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” ³⁵ But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. ³⁶ They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.^{[f] 37} Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

 

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    耶洗別遭耶戶殺害，正如以利亞所預言的！

 

    然而說到耶戶和哈薛，其實上帝早就對以利亞說過：「你回去，從曠野往大馬士革去。到了那裡，就要膏哈薛作亞蘭王，又膏寧示的孫子耶戶作以色列王，並膏亞伯‧米何拉人沙法的兒子以利沙作先知接續你。將來躲避哈薛之刀的，必被耶戶所殺；躲避耶戶之刀的，必被以利沙所殺。但我在以色列人中為自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的，未曾與巴力親嘴的。」(列王記上19:15-18)

 

    然而以利亞只膏以利沙作先知接續他，其他兩個王都是在以利沙的作為中成就，現在回頭對照，真是非常有意思！讓我們感覺歷史是在上帝的掌握中，是上帝讓歷史為自己效力，使基督越來越明顯！

 

 

 

 

列王紀下9:14-29

 

9:14 這樣，寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶背叛約蘭。先是約蘭和以色列眾人因為亞蘭王哈薛的緣故，把守基列的拉末；
9:15 但約蘭王回到耶斯列，醫治與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷。耶戶說：「若合你們的意思，就不容人逃出城往耶斯列報信去。」
9:16 於是耶戶坐車往耶斯列去，因為約蘭病臥在那裡。猶大王亞哈謝已經下去看望他。
9:17 有一個守望的人站在耶斯列的樓上，看見耶戶帶著一群人來，就說：「我看見一群人。」約蘭說：「打發一個騎馬的去迎接他們，問說：平安不平安？」
9:18 騎馬的就去迎接耶戶，說：「王問說，平安不平安？」耶戶說：「平安不平安與你何干？你轉在我後頭吧！」守望的人又說：「使者到了他們那裡，卻不回來。」
9:19 王又打發一個騎馬的去。這人到了他們那裡，說：「王問說，平安不平安？」耶戶說：「平安不平安與你何干？你轉在我後頭吧！」
9:20 守望的人又說：「他到了他們那裡，也不回來；車趕得甚猛，像寧示的孫子耶戶的趕法。」
9:21 約蘭吩咐說：「套車！」人就給他套車。以色列王約蘭和猶大王亞哈謝各坐自己的車出去迎接耶戶，在耶斯列人拿伯的田那裡遇見他。
9:22 約蘭見耶戶就說：「耶戶啊，平安嗎？」耶戶說：「你母親耶洗別的淫行邪術這樣多，焉能平安呢？」
9:23 約蘭就轉車逃跑，對亞哈謝說：「亞哈謝啊，反了！」
9:24 耶戶開滿了弓，射中約蘭的脊背，箭從心窩穿出，約蘭就仆倒在車上。
9:25 耶戶對他的軍長畢甲說：「你把他拋在耶斯列人拿伯的田間。你當追想，你我一同坐車跟隨他父亞哈的時候，耶和華對亞哈所說的預言，
9:26 說：『我昨日看見拿伯的血和他眾子的血，我必在這塊田上報應你。』這是耶和華說的，現在你要照著耶和華的話，把他拋在這田間。」
9:27 猶大王亞哈謝見這光景，就從園亭之路逃跑。耶戶追趕他，說：「把這人也殺在車上。」到了靠近以伯蓮的姑珥坡上擊傷了他。他逃到米吉多，就死在那裡。
9:28 他的臣僕用車將他的屍首送到耶路撒冷，葬在大衛城他自己的墳墓裡，與他列祖同葬。
9:29 亞哈謝登基作猶大王的時候，是在亞哈的兒子約蘭第十一年。

 

¹⁴ So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth Gilead against Hazael king of Aram, ¹⁵ but King Joram^[b] had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him in the battle with Hazael king of Aram.) Jehu said, “If you desire to make me king, don’t let anyone slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” ¹⁶ Then he got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel, because Joram was resting there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

¹⁷ When the lookout standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.”

“Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

¹⁸ The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

“What do you have to do with peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

The lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.”

¹⁹ So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them he said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

²⁰ The lookout reported, “He has reached them, but he isn’t coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a maniac.”

²¹ “Hitch up my chariot,” Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. ²² When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?”

“How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

²³ Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

²⁴ Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot. ²⁵ Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy against him: ²⁶ ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’^[c] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”

²⁷ When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.^[d] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there. ²⁸ His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. ²⁹ (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)

 

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    上帝使耶戶擊殺了以色列的王，不僅如此還殺了猶大的王！

 

    上帝如此行就是要耶戶接續成為以色列王之外，更是要以色列與猶大繼續決裂，好使猶大不再受以色列影響，可以好好倚靠上帝！