Matthew 20:26-28
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whatever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave-- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many"
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Enhancing this symbolism, John mentions in verse 1 that "Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley." A drain ran from the temple alter down to the Kidron ravine to drain away the blood of sacrifices. At this time of year more than two hundred thousand lambs were slain. So when Jesus and his band crossed the Kidron, it was red with the blood of sacrifice.... divine poetry....
R. Kent Hughes in Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross, edited by Nancy Guthrie.
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