Étude 1 sur 23 · Le choix des 12 Apôtres

  1. Étude 1 : Le choix des 12 Apôtres
  2. Étude 2 : Avertissement sur les persécutions à venir
  3. Étude 3 : L'arrivée des Juifs de la ville de Jérusalem
  4. Étude 4 : Marie de Béthanie oint le Messie Jésus
  5. Étude 5 : La trahison de Judas l'Iscariote
  6. Étude 6 : Le retour à Béthanie
  7. Étude 7 : Annonce de la destruction de Jérusalem
  8. Étude 8 : Le complot contre le Messie Jésus
  9. Étude 9 : Le dernier repas avant la crucifixion
  10. Étude 10 : Le départ de Judas l’Iscariote
  11. Étude 11 : Le Messie Jésus évoque sa mort prochaine
  12. Étude 12 : Le Messie Jésus et ses disciples chantent les psaumes
  13. Étude 13 : La troupe conduite par Judas l'Iscariote arrive
  14. Étude 14 : L'arrestation
  15. Étude 15 : La révolte du disciple Pierre et la guérison de Malchus
  16. Étude 16 : Les paroles du Messie Jésus à la foule lors de l'arrestation
  17. Étude 17 : Le baiser de Judas ?
  18. Étude 18 : Le salaire de Judas ?
  19. Étude 19 : La mort de Judas ?
  20. Étude 20 : Le champ du sang ?
  21. Étude 21 : Le jour exact du dernier repas de Paque ?
  22. Étude 22 : La nomination des Sept et l'organisation de l'Église primitive
  23. Étude 23 : Sans moi vous ne pouvez rien faire

From the second to the third Passover festival

  • The choosing of the 12 Apostles

    Jesus chooses twelve disciples from among his followers and gives them the title of apostles, a Greek term meaning ‘sent on a mission’. This choice, made after a night of prayer, corresponds to the number of Israel's tribes. The Twelve receive authority to heal and proclaim salvation, forming the foundation of the future Church. The article explores the term's etymology, Jesus' prayer, the question of his omniscience and the case of Judas Iscariot.

    Mark 3.13-19 (King James Version) :
    And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:And Simon he surnamed Peter;And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
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  • Warning about coming persecutions

    Jesus warns his disciples of future persecutions, revealing the spiritual and difficult nature of their mission. This teaching, based on Matthew's Gospel, aims to prepare the apostles for the spiritual and physical challenges of ministry.

    Matthew 10.24-42 (King James Version) :
    The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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The last week before the arrest

  • The arrival of the Jews from the city of Jerusalem

    The article deals with the arrival of Jews at Bethany to see Jesus as the Passion draws near. Faced with his growing popularity, the religious authorities consider having him arrested, while Judas’s betrayal is being prepared.

    John 12.9-11 (King James Version) :
    Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
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  • Mary of Bethany anoints the Messiah Jesus

    Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus with costly perfume at Bethany, symbolizing his coming burial. This act, criticized by Judas Iscariot and other disciples, is defended by Jesus and highlighted in the analysis of the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark and John. The text also discusses the chronological and communal implications of this biblical event.

    Mark 14.3-9 (King James Version) :
    And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
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  • The betrayal of Judas Iscariot

    The article explores the betrayal of Judas Iscariot toward Jesus, an act motivated by a feeling of incompatibility and frustration. Judas, knowing that the authorities are seeking to arrest Jesus, collaborates with them to denounce Jesus, in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. The article analyzes the Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark and Luke, which describe Judas’s actions and their impact on the events leading to Jesus’s arrest.

    Matthew 26.14-16 (King James Version) :
    Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,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.And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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  • The return to Bethany

    After his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus leaves the city in the evening to return to Bethany with his twelve disciples, including Judas. Related mainly by Mark (11.11) and Matthew (21.17), this episode, set on Sunday, March 27, AD 33, illustrates the rhythm of the last week: days at the Temple, nights near Bethany. The disciples use these journeys to ask their Master about the meaning of his messianic acts.

    Matthew 21.17 (King James Version) :
    And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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  • Announcement of the Destruction of Jerusalem

    In Luke 19.41-44, Jesus approaches Jerusalem, weeps over the city and foretells with precision its future destruction by the Romans in AD 70. Only Luke reports this episode in this form. Jesus laments that Jerusalem did not recognize its divine visitation. This passage reveals both the compassion of the Messiah and the gravity of rejecting divine revelation, and it belongs to the last week before his arrest.

    Luke 9.51 (King James Version) :
    And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
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  • The plot against the Messiah Jesus

    The plot against Jesus is devised by the religious authorities before the Passover, with Judas’s help. Caiaphas convenes the Sanhedrin to condemn Jesus, regarded as a threat, by using false witnesses. Pilate is informed so as to facilitate the arrest on the Mount of Olives.

    Matthew 26.1-5 (King James Version) :
    And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.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,And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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The last day up to the crucifixion

  • The last meal before the crucifixion

    This article explores Jesus’ “last meal,” highlighting his institution of the Lord’s Supper. It takes place on Thursday evening before the crucifixion, in the house of Mary in Jerusalem. The Gospels record this meal as symbolically significant, with Judas leaving to betray him. The meal is crucial to Christian identity.

    1 Corinthians 11.20 (King James Version) :
    When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
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  • The Departure of Judas Iscariot

    The article explores the dramatic departure of Judas Iscariot during the last Passover meal, described essentially in the Gospel of John. This moment, steeped in symbolism, marks the progress of the redemptive drama leading to the arrest of Jesus, highlighting the complexity of Jesus' gesture of offering bread to Judas, at once an act of grace and of judgment.

    Acts 2.23 (King James Version) :
    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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  • Jesus the Messiah speaks of his coming death

    The article deals with the passage in which Jesus announces his coming death, giving his disciples words of comfort and assurance of victory over evil through the resurrection.

    John 16.16-33 (King James Version) :
    A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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  • The Messiah Jesus and his disciples sing the psalms

    The article examines the singing of the psalms by Jesus and his disciples after the Passover. Rooted in Jewish tradition, this moment takes on a particular spiritual significance for Jesus, as a prelude to his crucifixion.

    John 13.30 (King James Version) :
    He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
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  • The band led by Judas Iscariot arrives

    This article deals with the arrest of Jesus by Judas Iscariot in the garden of Gethsemane, as described in the Gospels. It analyzes the context and implications of this key event in the passion of Jesus, exploring the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

    Luke 22.47-53 (King James Version) :
    And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
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  • The arrest

    This article deals with the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane as related in the Gospels. It highlights Judas's betrayal and the soldiers' reaction to Jesus' declaration, revealing his mastery of the situation.

    John 18.4-9 (King James Version) :
    Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
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  • The rebellion of the disciple Peter and the healing of Malchus

    This article explores the arrest of Jesus at Gethsemane, where Peter, in an impulsive gesture, cuts off Malchus's ear. Jesus calms the situation by healing Malchus, thereby underlining his divine mission and rejecting violence, in keeping with the Scriptures. He shows his control and divine love even toward those who arrest him.

    John 18.10-11 (King James Version) :
    Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
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  • The words of Jesus the Messiah to the crowd at the arrest

    This article examines the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, highlighting his serenity and his willingness to fulfill the divine plan. Through his words, he exposes the contradictions of the religious authorities and underscores his mastery of the situation, revealing his redemptive mission out of love for humanity.

    John 3.16 (King James Version) :
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Contradictions

  • Judas's kiss?

    L'article discute des différences narratives sur Judas embrassant Jésus entre les Évangiles. Matthieu, Marc et Luc relatent l'événement explicitement, tandis que Jean l'omet, offrant une autre perspective. Cette divergence est vue comme complémentaire, enrichissant la compréhension de l'arrestation de Jésus.

    Luke 22.47-48 (King James Version) :
    And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
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  • Judas's pay?

    L'article analyse une contradiction apparente dans la Bible sur l'usage de l'argent de Judas. Les Évangiles montrent deux perspectives sur la responsabilité et l'attribution de l'achat d'un champ, soulignant qu'il n'y a pas de véritable contradiction mais un récit cohérent et plus symbolique que littéral.

    Matthew 27.5 (King James Version) :
    And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
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  • The death of Judas?

    Cet article examine la mort de Judas Iscariote, décrite différemment dans Matthieu et les Actes. Bien que ces récits semblent contradictoires, une lecture combinée montre qu'ils se complètent. Matthieu parle de la pendaison de Judas, tandis que les Actes décrivent la chute de son corps, formant un récit cohérent.

    Acts 1.18 (King James Version) :
    Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
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  • The field of blood?

    L'article analyse pourquoi "Le champ du sang" est nommé ainsi, se basant sur les récits de Matthieu et des Actes. Ces récits ne se contredisent pas mais offrent des perspectives théologiques et populaires: l'achat avec le "prix du sang" et la mort de Judas.

    Acts 1.19 (King James Version) :
    And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
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  • The exact day of the last Passover meal?

    L'article explore les divergences apparentes entre les Évangiles sur la chronologie de la crucifixion par rapport à la Pâque. Les calendriers juifs divergents expliquent ces différences, permettant de conclure à une compatibilité des textes.

    Mark 14.12-17 (King James Version) :
    And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
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Pierre's Ministry

  • The Appointment of the Seven and the Organization of the Early Church

    Actes 6,1-7 relate la première crise interne de l'Église de Jérusalem, liée à la distribution inégale aux veuves. Pour y remédier, les Douze proposent de nommer sept hommes remplis du Saint-Esprit et de sagesse. Cette décision fondatrice distingue les ministères tout en affirmant leur complémentarité, et s'accompagne d'une croissance remarquable de la communauté chrétienne naissante.

    Acts 6.3 (King James Version) :
    Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
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Word of a Friend

  • Without me you can do nothing

    The article explores John 15.5, stressing that Christians must depend on Jesus the Messiah in order to bear spiritual fruit. Even though achievements may occur without faith, it is by living connected to Jesus that the disciple accomplishes meaningful things.

    John 15.5 (King James Version) :
    I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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Further reading
  • ANN032 Judas Iscariot, one of the 12

    Judas l'Iscariote, célèbre pour sa trahison, est examiné dans cet article qui explore sa sélection comme l'un des douze apôtres et les implications théologiques…

  • ANN047 Origins of the 12 apostles

    L'annexe ANN047 étudie l'origine des douze apôtres à partir des quatre listes canoniques (Matthieu, Marc, Luc, Actes). Elle analyse les convergences et divergences entre…