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The Passover meal, AKA. the Last Supper.

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Matthew 26:20-30 Mark 14:17-26 Luke 22:14-23 John 13:1-19
20And when evening had come, He sat down with the Twelve. 21And as they ate, He said, Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me. 22And grieving sorrowfully, they began to say, each one of them, Lord, not I am the one? 23And He answered and said, He who dips his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me. 24The Son of Man goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born. 25And answering, the one betraying Him, Judas, said, Master, Not am I the one? He said to him, You said it. 26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body. 27And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink all of it. 28For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. 30And singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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17And in the evening He came with the twelve. 18And as they reclined and ate, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will betray Me, the one eating with Me. 19And they began to be grieved, and to say to Him one by one, Not at all I, is it? And another said, Not at all I, is it? 20And answering He said to them, It is one of the Twelve, the one dipping with Me in the dish. 21The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It were good for that man if he had never been born. 22And as they ate, Jesus took a loaf and blessed and broke it, and He gave to them and said, Take, eat; this is My body. 23And taking the cup, giving thanks, He gave to them. And they all drank out of it. 24And He said to them, This is My blood of the New Covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly I say to you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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14And when the hour came, He and the twelve apostles with Him reclined. 15And He said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I say to you, I will not any more eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17And He took the cup and gave thanks and said, Take this and divide it among yourselves. 18For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall come. 19And He took bread and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My body which is given for you, this do in remembrance of Me. 20In the same way He took the cup, after having dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is being poured out for you. 21But, behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table. 22And truly the Son of Man goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! 23And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing.
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1And before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come when He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own in the world, He loved them to the end. 2And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray Him. 3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He had come from God and went to God, 4He rose up from supper and washed the disciples' feet,
(verse, (feet washing} 5-11, omitted).
12After He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had reclined again, Then He said to them; Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call Me Teacher and Lord and you say well, for I AM. 14If then I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16A servant is not greater than his master, neither is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18I do not speak of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me. 19From now I tell you before it comes, so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
text omitted, due to size
John chapters 13-14
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Insights
  • The origin of Passover is found in the book of Exodus, It is the tenth plague on the Egyptians, the death of every first-born child. On that night, all the Israelites were told to put the blood of a lamb on their door-posts and the death angel passed-over that house.
  • In the three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Jesus breaks bread and wine with His disciples, making reference to the bread as His body and the cup as His blood, this also is an example of communion.
  • Only in the gospel of John is the example of foot washing given.
  • In all accounts mention of Judas Iscariot as the betrayer of Christ.