The Last Supper

This is a news article as it would have been written back in the time of Jesus, if there were newspapers like those of today.
This series of events took place in a city in Israel, called Jerusalem. Jesus Christ was with his apostles talking and they were asking him about the Passover celebration and where it would be held. Now you see Jesus and his crew had no place or residence of their own so one could almost call them vagrants or whatever word you would use but the truth was that they were traveling missionaries in the land.
Jesus told his men to go to the town and look for a man carrying a pitcher of water. they were to follow him to his place and ask him to let them use his guest chamber. Here the apostles were to prepare the feast for their Master. Jesus and the remainder of his crew joined them here in a short while so they all could partake of the Passover meal that was part of the Jewish tradition.
When the men had finished eating, Jesus took off his robe and proceeded to wash the feet of his men. Next He startled them with a statement they did not expect. He said that one of them was going to betray Him and of course everyone was asking "Is it me?" and He replied it is one of you 12 men. Judas, one of Jesus' apostles and money bearer, departed from the scene and reported to the chief priests as he had already planned earlier.
Backing up a little bit earlier, we will see what Judas was up to. He had met with the chief priests , I guess because he was getting a little disgusted with Jesus, maybe because he had thought all along that Jesus was going to overthrow the Roman government and solders whom had overtaken the whole country where he lived but he was finding out that this was not Jesus' intentions. Anyways, Judas saw a way to get even with Jesus and make some quick money while he was at it. Getting back to the story, Judas visited the priests and asked them what they would do for him if he did expose and turn over Jesus to them. Their offer was to give him 30 pieces of silver, Judas thought, "not bad at all" so he accepted this offer.
Meanwhile back at the party, when the meal was over, Judas had left the party and reported to the chief priests , telling them where and when they could arrest Jesus and take Him to the High Priest. He arranged with them to lead them to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsamine and when he kissed Jesus the soldiers and priests would subdue Jesus and put Him in custody.
In the meantime, Jesus had invited his apostles to follow him to Gethsamine so He could do some serious talking with His Father, God and that is what they did. While Jesus left them and walked a little distance to a private spot so He could pray, the apostles fell asleep instead of praying with Him. He prayed earnestly to God that He would not have to go through with this but if that is what the Father wanted then He was not going to be rebellious and refuse to do so. Finally, Jesus stopped praying and went back to join the others, whom He had to wake up. A crowd of soldiers and priests were marching very noisily towards them carrying swords and other weapons. Judas came forward and did his deed by giving Jesus a kiss as he had promised the priests that he would do and identify his master for them.
Well things were going downhill from that moment on as the guards were approaching Jesus to arrest Him and one of Jesus men took a sword and sliced off an ear from one of the High Priests servant. Jesus didn't think this was necessary so He put His hand on the servant and healed his ear right then and there. I bet the priests didn't think too much of that!
The soldiers arrested Jesus and took Him into town to the High Priests house for further action.
To Be Continued-------------
Sorry for the disappointment but tune in tomorrow for the continuing Saga of the Easter Story
Wilf Blakey