106) THE PASSOVER, THE
LAST
SUPPER & THE SACRAMENT
107) JESUS CELEBRATES
PASSOVER WITH DISCIPLES
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Feast of the Passover
commemorates the fulfilled prophecy of Moses, that the angel of death would
pass over the Israelites and take all the firstborn offspring of the Egyptian
families and flocks. The Hebrews were asked to mark their doorways with
the blood of an appropriate sacrifice – that of a male lamb of the first
year, without blemish. The Passover sacrifice, as other sacrifices under
the Mosaic Law, is seen as symbolic of the ultimate sacrifice to be made
by Christ. It was appropriately at the time of the Feast of the Passover
that Jesus was arrested and crucified.]
Luke 22:7-18 (Matt.
26:17-20; Mark 14:12-17)
7 Then came the day of unleavened bread,
when the passover must be killed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and
prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou
that we prepare?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye
are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher
of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the
house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall
eat the passover with my disciples?
12 And he shall shew you a large upper room
furnished: there make ready.
13 And they went, and found as he had said
unto them: and they made ready the passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down,
and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have
desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more
eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and
said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of
the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
108) JESUS INTRODUCES
THE SACRAMENT
Luke 22:19-20
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and
brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for
you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Matthew 26:26-28 (See
also Mark 14:22-25)
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and
said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Luke 22:24-30
24 And there was also a strife among them,
which of them should be accounted the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the
Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority
upon them are called benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is
greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as
he that doth serve.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth
at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among
you as he that serveth.
28 Ye are they which have continued with me
in my temptations.
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my
Father hath appointed unto me;
30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in
my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
John 13:1-17
1 Now before the feast of the passover,
when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this
world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he
loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having
now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given
all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his
garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason,
and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel
wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I
do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash
my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with
me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my
feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth
not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but
not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore
said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and
had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know
ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say
well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye
should do as I have done to you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant
is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that
sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if
ye do them.
109) JESUS ANNOUNCES
HIS BETRAYAL
John 13:21-22,18-19
(See also Matt. 26:21; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21,23)
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled
in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that
one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on another,
doubting of whom he spake.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom
I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth
bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when
it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Matthew 26:22-25 (See
also Mark 14:19-21; Luke 22:22)
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and
began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth
his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of
him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been
good for that man if he had not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered
and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
John 13:23-30
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one
of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him,
that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto
him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall
give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave
it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entered into him.
Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent
he spake this unto him.
29 For some of them thought, because Judas
had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have
need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
30 He then having received the sop went immediately
out: and it was night.
110) JESUS PROPHESIES
APOSTLES’ REACTION TO HIS ARREST
John 13:33-37
33 Little children, yet a little while I am
with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go,
ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That
ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord,
whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow
me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I
follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
Matthew 26:31-33 (See
also Mark 14:27-29)
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye
shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before
you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though
all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Luke 22:31-38 (See also
Matt. 26:34-35; Mark 14:30-31)
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold,
Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith
fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready
to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock
shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest
me.
35 And he said unto them, When I sent you
without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said,
Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that
hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath
no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written
must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors:
for the things concerning me have an end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two
swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
111) JESUS TEACHES OF
PEACE & LOVE IN A WORLD OF HATE, TURMOIL
John 14:1-31
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye
believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there
ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the
way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known
my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the
Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen
me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and
the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,
that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I
will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth
me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a
man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you,
being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard how I said unto you,
I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because
I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it come
to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you:
for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love
the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise,
let us go hence.
Matthew 26:30 (See also
Mark 14:26)
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went
out into the mount of Olives.
Luke 22:39
39 And he came out, and went, as he
was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
John 15:1-27
1 I am the true vine, and my Father
is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that
it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which
I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye,
except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without
me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth
as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the
fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have
I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide
in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in
his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that
my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever
I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for
the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends;
for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in
my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love
one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would
love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you
out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you,
The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they
will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours
also.
21 But all these things will they do unto
you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them,
they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works
which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both
seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word
might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without
a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom
I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because
ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:1-33
1 These things have I spoken unto you,
that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues:
yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth
God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when
the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these
things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me;
and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto
you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this
world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive
of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not
see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to
the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves,
What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see
me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to
the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that
he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous
to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that
I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye
shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow,
because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child,
she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the
world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I
will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh
from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my
name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:
ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs,
but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and
I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because
ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and
am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest
thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things,
and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou
camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come,
that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone:
and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that
in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but
be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 17:1-26
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted
up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy
Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh,
that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might
know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with
thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the
men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest
them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever
thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which
thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that
I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world,
but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine;
and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world,
but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as
we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept
them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them
is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things
I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the world
hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of
the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am
not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even
so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself,
that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but
for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father,
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world
may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have
given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may
be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent
me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom
thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory,
which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of
the world.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not
known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast
sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name,
and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be
in them, and I in them.
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