馬太福音26:47-56

 

26:47 說話之間，那十二個門徒裡的猶大來了，並有許多人帶著刀棒，從祭司長和民間的長老那裡與他同來。
26:48 那賣耶穌的給了他們一個暗號，說：「我與誰親嘴，誰就是他。你們可以拿住他。」
26:49 猶大隨即到耶穌跟前，說：「請拉比安」，就與他親嘴。
26:50 耶穌對他說：「朋友，你來要做的事，就做吧。」於是那些人上前，下手拿住耶穌。
26:51 有跟隨耶穌的一個人伸手拔出刀來，將大祭司的僕人砍了一刀，削掉了他一個耳朵。
26:52 耶穌對他說：「收刀入鞘吧！凡動刀的，必死在刀下。
26:53 你想，我不能求我父現在為我差遣十二營多天使來嗎？
26:54 若是這樣，經上所說，事情必須如此的話怎麼應驗呢？」
26:55 當時，耶穌對眾人說：「你們帶著刀棒出來拿我，如同拿強盜嗎？我天天坐在殿裡教訓人，你們並沒有拿我。
26:56 但這一切的事成就了，為要應驗先知書上的話。」當下，門徒都離開他逃走了。

 

⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.” ⁴⁹ Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

⁵⁰ Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.”^[d]

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. ⁵¹ With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁵² “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³ Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”

⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. ⁵⁶ But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

 

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    猶大主賣主耶穌的記號是：親嘴！

 

    親嘴對於當時是一個打招呼的行動，正如今天我們握手問安一般。保羅在他的書信中常常說：「你們親嘴問安，彼此務要聖潔。」（哥林多後書13:12）

 

    保羅說到「親嘴…務要聖潔」，讓我們感受到猶大的親嘴是不合乎這個要求，因為主耶穌是何等的愛屬祂的人，然而猶大卻是另有用心，不珍惜主耶穌與他之間的關係，另用這樣的關係來出賣主耶穌，讓人覺得很可惡！

 

    但是，我們若想想我們的信仰是利用主耶穌來得賜福，使自己有豐盛的財物，得著人的尊敬與看重，而不是真心要榮耀主耶穌和愛我們的上帝！那我們也是在出賣主耶穌和天父上帝，和猶大的親嘴支出賣主耶穌沒有兩樣！因為我們做的是相同的一件事，就是為了使自己得利益，而捨棄了愛我們且賜救恩給我們的主！

 

    求主赦免我們，我們常常把意念放在得福澤的超過榮耀上帝！求聖靈更新我們，讓我愛主勝過得利益！

 

 

 

馬太福音26:36-46

 

26:36 耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說：「你們坐在這裡，等我到那邊去禱告。」
26:37 於是帶著彼得和西庇太的兩個兒子同去，就憂愁起來，極其難過，
26:38 便對他們說：「我心裡甚是憂傷，幾乎要死；你們在這裡等候，和我一同警醒。」
26:39 他就稍往前走，俯伏在地，禱告說：「我父啊，倘若可行，求你叫這杯離開我。然而，不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。」
26:40 來到門徒那裡，見他們睡著了，就對彼得說：「怎麼樣？你們不能同我警醒片時嗎？
26:41 總要警醒禱告，免得入了迷惑。你們心靈固然願意，肉體卻軟弱了。」
26:42 第二次又去禱告說：「我父啊，這杯若不能離開我，必要我喝，就願你的意旨成全。」
26:43 又來，見他們睡著了，因為他們的眼睛困倦。
26:44 耶穌又離開他們去了。第三次禱告，說的話還是與先前一樣。
26:45 於是來到門徒那裡，對他們說：「現在你們仍然睡覺安歇吧（吧：或譯嗎？）！時候到了，人子被賣在罪人手裡了。
26:46 起來！我們走吧。看哪，賣我的人近了。」

 

³⁶ Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

⁴⁰ Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

⁴³ When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

⁴⁵ Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

 

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    人性的軟弱不是是靠人的意志來克服，因為那是不可能的！正如主耶穌在這裡面對到門徒們的軟弱，主耶穌感嘆地說：「怎麼樣？你們不能同我警醒片時嗎？總要警醒禱告，免得入了迷惑。你們心靈固然願意，肉體卻軟弱了。」

 

    有人誤解了主耶穌的話，就強調禱告的力量，認為靠著禱告就可以警醒，就不會迷惑、不會軟弱！可是，即使是很用心地禱告，人還是軟弱如常，就是無法勝過！

 

    這不是上帝造人失敗或不好所造成的，而是人自身不願被上帝約束，想要用自己的自由意志來反對上的的命令所導致的後果。人必須先脫離這樣的罪行，才能順服上帝，才不至於軟弱！

 

    也因為這樣上帝就差遣聖靈在人心中，透過聖靈的更新，人才能活出上帝兒子的生命，才能夠信靠與順福上帝！這也是說，人必須領受聖靈，才能夠重生，才可以活出上帝兒女的樣式！

 

 

 

馬太福音26:31-35

 

26:31 那時，耶穌對他們說：「今夜，你們為我的緣故都要跌倒。因為經上記著說：我要擊打牧人，羊就分散了。
26:32 但我復活以後，要在你們以先往加利利去。」
26:33 彼得說：「眾人雖然為你的緣故跌倒，我卻永不跌倒。」
26:34 耶穌說：「我實在告訴你，今夜雞叫以先，你要三次不認我。」
26:35 彼得說：「我就是必須和你同死，也總不能不認你。」眾門徒都是這樣說。

 

³¹ Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’^[c]

³² But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

³³ Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

³⁴ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”

³⁵ But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

 

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    背叛主耶穌的表現看起來是猶大，然而實際上背離主的卻是所有的門徒。正如主耶穌所宣告：「今夜，你們為我的緣故都要跌倒。因為經上記著說：我要擊打牧人，羊就分散了。但我復活以後，要在你們以先往加利利去。」

 

    我們不要咒罵猶大的賣主求榮，我們也強不到哪裡去！照我們被罪轄制的本性，我們當然會為了一些利益，而出賣愛我們的主耶穌，是很自然會去做的事情。因為人犯罪之後的傾向就是：以自己的好處或利益為首要目標！也因為這樣，被罪惡所污染的人是無法被主所使用，要為主所使用的人，是心裡尊主為大的人！

 

    然而人是無法靠自己的力量勝過生命中最惡的勢力，必須透過耶穌基督的拯救，才能脫離罪惡的權勢。主耶穌如何拯救呢？希伯來書2章14-15節說：「兒女既同有血肉之體，他也照樣親自成了血肉之體，特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的，就是魔鬼，並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。」

 

    這也是說上帝所預備的救贖方法是超越世人、甚至魔鬼的想法，讓一切反對的勢力覺得自己是勝過上帝的時候，才發現自己是被上帝所打敗了，而且是徹徹底底失敗了！這就是復活的大能！

 

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！