During Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples He both announced His betrayal by one of them and instituted the Lord’s Supper by which to remember Him and His sacrifice. The two events are closely related because the bread which He gave to them symbolizing His body was also partaken of by Judas who betrayed Him…
On Wednesday of Passion Week Jesus was celebrating His last Passover with the disciples. Later that evening He would be arrested and led to crucifixion, having been betrayed by one of those with whom He broke bread at this meal. It was unfathomable to the disciples that one of them would do such a thing,…
If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your…
It is Wednesday evening of Passion Week. Earlier that day the disciples had followed Jesus’ instructions to prepare the Passover meal at what may have been the home of John Mark, author of the second gospel. Matthew and Mark have emphasized that during the meal Jesus revealed that not only would He be delivered up…
After predicting for some time that He would be delivered up to the religious leaders to be put to death, here at the Last Supper Jesus has shocked His disciples that He would actually be betrayed by one of them who was closest to Him. His pronouncement deeply grieved them, and caused varying degrees of…
So incredulous was it to the disciples that one of them would betray Jesus that Matthew and Mark who were the first to articulate their gospels emphasized it of first importance even over His institution of the Lord’s Supper in their description of the events that took place at His last Passover; cf. 1Co 11:23. …
After numerous predictions that He would be delivered up to the Jewish leaders and handed over to the Romans to be crucified (Mat 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 21:38, 26:2), at Jesus’ last Passover He has now dropped the spiritual bombshell upon His disciples that it would be one of them who would betray Him. Their shocked…
Recall that Jesus had been predicting for some time that He would be delivered up to suffer and die (Mat 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 21:38, 26:2); what is different about His words now at His last Passover in regard to the same thing? I.e., what information did Jesus now announce about His approaching Passion that the…
Recall that Jesus had directed Peter and John to prepare the Passover for them on Wednesday at a location in the city that could well have been at the home of John Mark, whose gospel the early church associated with Peter’s teaching (1Pe 5:13). What evening then was it that is described in Mat 26:20? …
Recall from our Chronology of Passion Week that Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples on Wednesday evening, was arrested that night, and crucified the following day, Thursday. Because the Jewish leaders reckoned the Passover to start a day later, Jesus’ death that afternoon occurred at the same time that their Passover lambs were…