Matthew 26:47-56
We see in these verses the cup of our Lord Jesus Christ’s sufferings beginning to be filled. We see Him betrayed by one of His disciples, forsaken by the rest, and taken prisoner by His deadly enemies. Never surely was there sorrow like His sorrow. Never may we forget, as we read this part of the Bible, that our sins were the cause of these sorrows! Jesus was “delivered for our offences”. (Rom. 4:25)
Let us notice for one thing, in these verses, what gracious condescension marked our Lord’s intercourse with His disciples.