Good morning. Remember that Jesus had just given Judas the morsel. Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, what you do, do quickly. Now no one of those at the table new for what purpose He had said this to him. [Now here comes another reason why I think this was not the Passover.] Some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, buy the things we have need of for the feast; or else, that he should give something to the poor. First of all, you were supposed to stay in the room all night, because it represented the first Passover, when the angel of death came in Egypt. Now I don’t know if that meant till daybreak, or just until midnight. Either way, if it were permissible for him to leave, then the Passover was over; it would be too late to buy anything for the feast. Also the Jews would probably have stoned anyone who was selling things during the Passover night. And the verse says that some thought that Judas was going to buy some things for the feast – so it was not the Passover night. Remember that I said that some people think that this was a meal before the Passover meal. To me that does not make sense. Why would you eat, if you were getting ready to eat? The next verse discredits that belief also. So after receiving the morsel, he went out immediately; and it was night. Passover began at sundown. You were not supposed to leave the room during Passover. Don’t worry – there are more reasons we’ll see later why I believe this was not the Passover meal. We will do a little more since I digressed a lot. Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. Father thank You that everything went according to Your plan. Help us to trust You that everything in our lives will go according to Your plan provided we trust in You and follow Your directions.

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