This Wednesday night will be in Matthew chapter 26, and we pull our text on these Sunday mornings

from our upcoming studies. So why don't you turn with me to Matthew 26? This building in my picture,

the watermarked picture, whatever here is a building. It's a church there in a town called Bethany

just outside of Jerusalem. That's where this story takes place in our text here.

And it's interesting in that Bethany, I've been there a few times myself.

It's a pretty little village.

And it's separate from the hubbub of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem was a bustling city in those days.

It sure is today.

Jerusalem is a crazy city today.

If you ever want to have a fun experience driving a vehicle, drive in Jerusalem.

That's an experience right there.

But, you know, what's funny is you go out of Jerusalem down the Keydron Valley over the

Mount of Olives.

And on the other side of the Mount of Olives, there's a little village called Bethany.

And it's quiet.

And it's just a little quiet place.

It's like just going over the Mount of Olives, there's a point of separation.

And it makes sense why Jesus would never spend the night in Jerusalem. He'd always go into Jerusalem, speak on the temple

mount or teach or, you know, heal or do what he did. But then he would go back over the mountain

into Bethany to spend the evening there with his friends. And that's kind of what this story does

as we kind of look at what's going on here. And, you know, one of the things that this story is going to cause us to do is to calm down,

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