The gospels of Matthew and Mark mention only one cup that was shared during the Lord’s Supper, and even a second cup mentioned by Luke is perhaps better understood as providing additional information about the cup he mentioned first to emphasize to the new Gentile churches the ordinance’s purpose of looking forward to an even…
After numerous predictions that He would be delivered up for crucifixion, during the Passover celebration with His disciples on Wednesday of Passion Week Jesus shocked His disciples with the pronouncement that it would be one of them eating at His table and sharing His communion who would betray Him. While they were eating Jesus also…
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…