1. Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
2. The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
3. Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.
4. He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.
5. They were delighted and arranged to give him money.
6. So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.
7. Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
8. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”