With Luke 22 the Passion Narrative begins. In the first 38 verses the reader is told of Jesus’ betrayal, Passover meal, and final instructions to his disciples before his arrest. Most of Luke’s materials are derived from Mark 14:1–31 and may be divided into the following parts: (1) the Conspiracy of the Religious Leaders (vv. 1–2); (2) Judas’ Betrayal of Jesus (vv. 3–6); (3) the Preparation for the Passover Meal (vv. 7–14); (4) the Lord’s Supper (vv. 15–23); (5) Teaching on Greatness in the Kingdom (vv. 24–30); (6) Peter’s Denial Foretold (vv. 31–34); and (7) the Saying on the Two Swords (vv. 35–38).

22:1–2 One of the reasons that the chief priests and the teachers of the law would have renewed their efforts to do away with Jesus at the time of the Passover (see note below) was because Je…