Plotting and Planning

Luke 22:35 And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” 36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me has its fulfillment.” .

Jesus had shamed the Jewish leaders in their attempts to shut Him down, and He was ever increasing in popularity and influence with the people, so they began to plot and plan a way to get rid of Him once and for always.  The paragraph shows how they pulled Judas into their plan, leading to Him making plans of his own. But Jesus had also been planning a plot of His own: how to picture for them what He was about to do; the Passover served as the best backdrop for understanding His sacrifice for our sins. Meanwhile, the rest of the disciples were plotting and planning how they could have highest position in the Kingdom, and Peter was sure he could outdo them all.  In the passage above, Jesus points them to the Master plan, the plan of the Father: it would supersede any plans of the disciples or Jesus' opponents. Jesus then went to the garden, where He talked with the Father, fully submitting to that plan. The Jewish leaders then carried out their plot, taking Him into custody, allowing their officers to carry out their plan of humiliating Jesus until they could carry out their planned fake trial the next day. Things were going according to plan...