Passion Week Day 6
Today, we begin with Thursday, April 2 AD 33. It is a busy day as the Passover meal would be shared this evening. This would be Jesus’s last Passover meal here on earth. According to Jewish reckoning, a new day began at nightfall. So, the events before the meal would have occurred between Wednesday nightfall to Thursday nightfall on Nisan 14. While the meal would have been shared Thursday nightfall (which the Jews would have considered a new day Nisan 15). The meal consisted of roasted lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, fruit sauce, and four cups of wine. Today, we will stay within the Synoptic Gospels and then over the next couple of days be in John for the rather long discourse of Christ’s final instructions to his disciples. I hope you are blessed in your reading.
I. Before the Passover (Wednesday Nightfall to Thursday Nightfall Nisan 14)
A. Judas’s Receiving the Silver (Matt 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-6)
B. Preparations for the Passover (Matt 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13)
II. The Final Passover in the Synoptics (Thursday Nightfall Nisan 15)
A. The Gospel of Matthew
1. The Beginning of the Passover Meal (Matt 26:20-25)
2. The Lord’s Supper (Matt 26:26-29)
B. The Gospel of Mark
1. The Beginning of the Passover Meal (Mark 14:17-21)
2. The Lord’s Supper (Mark 14:22-25)
C. The Gospel of Luke
1. The Beginning of the Passover Meal (Luke 22:14-18)
2. The Lord’s Supper (Luke 22:19-2
3. Warning of Betrayal (Luke 22:22-23)
4. The Argument Among the Disciples Over Who is Greatest (Luke 22:24-3