His Final FootstepsSample

Yeshua Predicts Betrayal, Denial, and Abandonment

In His final hours with His closest friends and companions, Yeshua must reveal that one of them will betray Him. But Judas isn’t the only disciple who falls short during Yeshua’s final 24 hours. Just a few verses later, Yeshua says to Peter: “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times” (Matthew 26:34 NIV).

Peter of course declares: “‘Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the same” (verse 35).

But by verse 56 we read: “All the disciples deserted him and fled” (NIV).

Let’s remember for a moment the passage from Exodus about the Passover lamb: “Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household” (Exodus 12:3 NIV).

Food For Thought and Prayer

In what ways have I betrayed or denied the Savior in my life? Today I will seek and receive the free gift of forgiveness and restoration made possible through the blood of the Lamb.