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Mark 14:1-11
After Jesus' confrontation with the Pharisees and his apocalyptic sermon the previous day, Wednesday is a quiet day of rest for the disciples away from the noise and crowding of the city. It is the calm before the storm. They are back in the village of Bethany, staying there for the last time. During dinner, Mary comes to Jesus with a lavish and costly offering, a gift worthy of a king. Her sacrifice is both an act of devotion and a foreshadowing of the inestimable price Jesus is about to pay for the salvation of the world.
This night, the beginning of the thirteenth day of Ntsan, Judas betrays Jesus to the religious authorities and makes plans with them for his arrest—an arrest that will take place tomorrow night, the beginning of Passover.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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