<p>26:2&nbsp;<i>You know</i>- The knowledge can refer to both the subsequent clauses in the sentence. The Lord said that they knew that Passover was coming, and that He must be handed over to crucifixion. Yet the disciples did not 'know' of His crucifixion in that clearly they had shut their minds to it. And the Lord knew that. But He is still trying to get them to understand. His effort in teaching the disciples is admirable; we would likely have sought to focus solely upon personally getting through with the trauma of death over the next few days. But He perceived that His perfection involved love for His chosen to the end.</p><p><i>That after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man will be</i>- A present tense, when we expect a future. The essence of the Lord's function as the Paschal lamb was lived out throughout His life. Perhaps the Lord used this unusual tense because He wanted to prepare the disciples for the fact they were going to keep the Passover a day earlier than usual; but they need not worry about that, because the essence of Passover was ongoing in the Lord's life. John the Baptist had perceived that when commenting that the Lord was &quot;the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world&quot; (Jn. 1:29,36) even when it wasn't Passover time. See on :28&nbsp;<i>Is shed&nbsp;</i>and on :30&nbsp;<i>They went out</i>. Luke says &quot;the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover&quot;. &quot;Called the Passover&quot; might suggest that it was only called Passover, but was not so in reality. This would connect with the theme of the feast being called a &quot;feast of the Jews&quot; rather than of Yahweh, and the temple becoming &quot;your house&quot; rather than God's.</p><p><i>Delivered up to be crucified</i>- Literally, 'is being betrayed'. The next verse shows what was going on in justification of this statement. The Lord could have known of it through direct Divine revelation, but I prefer to think that His sensitivity was such that He perceived it of His own perception. The Greek can mean to be handed over, and also to be betrayed, with reference to Judas. The obvious double meaning indicates that the Lord did purposefully use words and ideas with more than one meaning, realizing that after His death, the other meaning would be made apparent. This means that we are quite justified in perceiving multiple meanings and intentions in inspired words, the Olivet Prophecy being a classic example, with its various possible applications. &quot;Is betrayed&quot; reflects a present tense in the Greek. The Lord's handing over to death, indeed His death itself, was in essence lived out throughout His life. His life was a form of ongoing death.</p>