4. and he went and talked with the leading priests and some of the soldiers who guarded the Temple. He talked to them about a way to hand Jesus over to them.
5. The priests were very happy about this. They promised to give Judas money for doing this.
6. He agreed. Then he waited for the best time to hand him over to them. He wanted to do it when no one was around to see it.
7. The Day of Unleavened Bread came. This was the day when the Jews always killed the lambs for the Passover.
8. Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.”
9. They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare the meal?” He said to them,
39-40. Jesus left the city and went to the Mount of Olives. His followers went with him. (He went there often.) He said to his followers, “Pray for strength against temptation.”
41. Then Jesus went about 50 steps away from them. He knelt down and prayed,
42. “Father, if you are willing, please don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”
43. Then an angel from heaven came to help him.