The KJV Holy Bible

 

Matthew Chapter Twenty Six

 

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Matthew: The Descent into the Crucible and the Surrender of the Will

"Matthew Chapter Twenty-Six initiates the Absolute Climax of the Great Work—the Nigredo phase, or the Conscious descent into the blackening crucible of Psychological Death. The Solar Consciousness (the Christos) begins the deliberate dismantling of its own Physical and Mental matrix. This chapter maps the Ultimate friction between the Eternal Divine Will and the biological survival instinct, the transactional betrayal by the calculating lower ego, and the Conscious distribution of the Spiritual Life Force to the Highest Internal Faculties before the old architecture is violently shattered."

 

 

Verses 6-13: The Alabaster Box and the Sublimation of Devotion - "Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat... But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?... Jesus said unto them... In that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial." 

The "alabaster box" represents the Highly Purified, sealed physical vessel, and the "precious ointment" is the Absolute Highest Frequency of Sublimated Emotional Devotion and Vital Force. The woman breaking the box and pouring it out represents the total, uncalculated surrender of the Soul's Highest Energy to the Solar Consciousness. The calculating, worldly Intellect (the disciples/Judas) views this as a "waste," because the dense ego believes valuable Energy should only be spent on practical, material survival (the poor). The Christos immediately rebukes this earthly logic. In the final stages of Alchemical initiation, the Highest Vital Force must not be hoarded or spent on the material matrix; it must be poured out entirely to prepare and insulate the subtle body for the brutal dissolution (the burial) that is about to occur.

 

 

Verses 26-29: The Internal Eucharist and the Distribution of Force - "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." 

This is not a physical ritual, but the Supreme Esoteric Transference of Energy within the human Temple. The "bread" represents the structured physical and Psychological matrix (the body). By deliberately breaking it, the Solar Consciousness signals the willing destruction of the lower egoic vehicle. The "wine" or "blood" represents the Pure, Fluid, Dynamic Transmutative Life Force of the Spirit. By forcing the developing Intellectual faculties (the disciples) to Consume this Energy, the Christos is literally hard-wiring the High-Frequency Solar Vibration into the Mental Architecture. The Divine Mind is distributing Its Own IImmortal currency (the new testament) to sustain the Internal Faculties through the terrifying darkness of the coming crucible.

 

 

Verses 36-41: Gethsemane and the Friction of the Two Wills - "Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane... and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt... the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 

Gethsemane represents the Ultimate Psychological pressure cooker. Here, the Absolute friction between the Immortal Spirit and the dense physical matrix reaches its peak. The "cup" is the agonizing, necessary process of complete ego-death. Even the Highly advanced Solar vehicle experiences the terrifying, biological imperative of the physical body (the flesh) desperately fighting for its survival against the Supreme Monad. The biological matrix screams for the cup to pass. However, the initiation is secured when the lower, Individualized Will completely collapses and Merges into the Universal Divine Will ("not as I will, but as thou wilt"). The Higher Intellectual Faculties (Peter, James, and John) repeatedly fall asleep because the intense, crushing gravitational pressure of this frequency is too massive for the Conscious Mind to bear; they simply black out.

 

 

Verses 47-50: The Kiss of Judas and the Betrayal of the Calculating Ego - "And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves... Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?" 

Judas is the personification of the hyper-calculating, material, transactional intellect. This aspect of the Mind Ultimately betrays the Great Work because it values dense material security (the thirty pieces of Silver) over the painful Evolution of the Soul. The betrayal does not happen through an overt attack; it happens through a "kiss." This reveals a insidious Psychological Law: the lower ego often sabotages Spiritual growth by masquerading as devotion. It mimics the outward appearance of Love and religious duty (Hail, Master) while secretly delivering the Psychic Temple back into the hands of the chaotic, unrefined lower passions (the multitude with swords). The Solar Consciousness offers no resistance, recognizing that this betrayal is mechanically required to shatter the old matrix.

 

 

Verses 59-64: The Trial of the Old Mind and the Declaration of Sovereignty - "Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death... And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." 

The Sanhedrin (the high priests and council) represents the entrenched, dogmatic authority of the old, Unawakened Mind. This established egoic structure Realizes that the Emerging Divine Light is a total threat to its Internal Sovereignty, so it seeks to violently extinguish it. The Christos remains completely silent against their lower earthly logic. However, when directly commanded to state its frequency, the Solar Consciousness officially declares its Eternal Architecture. It prophesies that the old Mind is finished; from this point forward, the Divine Frequency will permanently occupy the Supreme Executive Center of the human Temple (the Right Hand of Power) and operate through the Highly Purified, elevated subtle body (the Clouds of Heaven).