Matthew 26: Jesus is the lamb of the Lord

The Jewish leaders plotted the death of Jesus. Judas made a deal with the Jewish leaders: he would betray Jesus for 30 coins of silver.
In the Jewish feast of Passover, Jews from around the world gathered around the temple of Jerusalem.
The Passover celebrates the freedom from Egypt, focusing on when the pharaoh authorized the Jews to worship the Lord in the desert. This happened after the pharaoh's son died due to the spirit of death that swept the Egypt. However, the Jews were told to mark their houses with the blood of the lamb. Those houses marked by the blood of the lamb were set aside from the spirit of death.
In the Passover celebration, Jesus had a meal with his disciples. We read:


26-29 During the meal, Jesus took and blessed the bread, broke it, and gave it to his disciples:
Take, eat.
This is my body.
Taking the cup and thanking God, he gave it to them:
Drink this, all of you.
This is my blood,
God’s new covenant poured out for many people
    for the forgiveness of sins.
“I’ll not be drinking wine from this cup again until that new day when I’ll drink with you in the kingdom of my Father.”
30 They sang a hymn and went directly to Mount Olives.

In that meal, Jesus was sharing his body for the forgiveness of sins.
It is very interesting that Christians all around the world eat the holy supper. Every time we do this, we remember that Jesus gave his life for our sins. We can be confident that Jesus was not taken by surprise. His crucifixion was not any accident. Jesus is the lamb who set us free from death. Everything is under the Lord's control.