Matthew 26:17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
At the beginning of the chapter Matthew transitioned from Jesus' series of teachings on His return to the present situation: the chief priests were plotting His death; a woman anointed Him for burial; Judas signed on to deliver Jesus into the chief priests' hands. It is at this point that Jesus gave the above instructions. He does not say "The time is at hand," but "My time is at hand." He goes on during the Passover celebration to make a number of disturbing statements: one of them will betray Him; they will all deny Him; He will not be "at table" with them for some time. After the celebration they leave to go to the garden, which in one sense is a long painful process they struggle to stay away for, then becomes a whirlwind of disbelief when Jesus is taken away and rushed through a make-believe trial. Jesus' time had come, and it wasn't what His disciples had envisioned.
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