Mark 14:1-52

From Betrayal To Arrest (14:1-52).

The section now splits up into subsections, the first of which is from Mark 14:1. This subsection covers the period from the stated final intent of the Chief Priests and Scribes to put Him to death (Mark 14:1), to His arrest in the garden of Gethsemane. It divides up as follows:

a The Chief Priests and Scribes plot to arrest Him, a woman anoints Him with oil out of pure love, while Judas sells Him for money (Mark 14:1).

b Jesus, with His disciples, prepares for the Passover (Mark 14:12).

c Jesus announces that one of the disciples will betray Him (Mark 14:17).

d Jesus initiates the new covenant ceremony in His blood which speaks of His death and its application to those who are His (Mark 14:22).

c Jesus announces that all of His disciples will be ashamed of Him and desert Him (Mark 14:27).

b Jesus, with His disciples, prepares for the cross (Mark 14:32).

a The Chief Priest, Scribes and Elders initiate His arrest, Judas kisses Him out of pure malice, while His disciples desert Him (Mark 14:43).

Note that in ‘a' the Jewish leadership plot His downfall, the woman anoints out of love, and Judas betrays Him, and in the parallel the leadership arrange His arrest, Judas kisses Him out of malice, and the disciples desert Him. In ‘b' He prepares for the Passover, and in the parallel He prepares for His own Passover. In ‘c' he announces that one of His disciples will betray Him, and in the parallel that all His disciples will desert Him. Centrally in ‘d' He institutes the Lord's Supper which illustrates the purpose of His coming as God's mediator to seal the covenant of redemption in His blood.