Transcript The Passion Narrative

The Last Supper Narrative
Luke 22:1-38
by Alyssa Paulus
Overview
 Passover is drawing near (Lk 22:1)
 Judas plans to betray Jesus, giving him up
to the chief priests and scribes
(Lk 22:2-6)
 Jesus instructs the disciples to prepare for
the Passover feast (Lk 22:7-13)
 The Last Supper (Lk 22:14-38)
The Feast of Passover
 Origins: Exodus 12:3-13
12:3-10 How to Prepare the Meal
• Sacrifice a lamb on the 14th day
• Spread its blood on the doorposts
• Roast the lamb and eat it
• Whatever is not eaten is to burned
12:11-13 The Night of Passover
• God will strike down every first-born in Egypt
• Blood on the door makes the angel of death
"pass over" the Israelites' houses
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
 Memorial Feast: Exodus 12:14-21
• Celebrate the pilgrimage out of Egypt the first
month of every year from the evening of the
14th day to the 21st day
• Eat unleavened bread for 7 days
• Hold a sacred assembly on the 1st and last day
• Anyone who eats leavened bread will be cut off
Celebrating the Feasts Annually
 Deuteronomy 16:
• The place of the feast is determined by the
Lord: 5-8
• Everyone was once a slave of Egypt; therefore
everyone shall be included in the feasts: 11-12
• Three times a year every male shall appear
before the Lord with an offering: 16-17
• Appoint judges and officials to keep true
justice:18-20
• Do not create any scared pole or pillar except
the altar of the Lord: 21-22
Preparations for the Passover
OT vs. NT
 Exodus 12:21:
Moses called all the
elders of Israel and
said to them, “Go and
procure lambs for your
families, and slaughter
them as Passover
victims.”
 Luke 22:7-8:
When the day of the
feast of Unleavened
Bread arrived, the day
for sacrificing the
Passover lamb, he
sent out Peter and
John, instructing them,
“Go and make
preparations for us to
eat the Passover.”
Preparations for the Passover
OT vs. NT (Cont.)
 Deut 16:5-8
 Luke 22: 9-13
“You may not sacrifice the
• Jesus tells Peter and
Passover in any of the
John where to go
communities which the
• “Then they went off
Lord, your God, gives you;
only at the place which he
and found everything
chooses as the dwelling
exactly as he had
place of his name, and in
told them, and there
the evening at sunset, on
they prepared the
the anniversary of your
Passover.”
departure from Egypt,
shall you sacrifice the
Passover.”
The Last Supper

Luke’s Account compared to Matthew and
Mark (Aland pg. 282-85):
-Luke reverses the order of events.
-Unique: “Do this in remembrance of me”.
-Includes more dialogue during the Last Supper
(e.g., the dispute among the disciples and the
prediction of Peter’s denial ).
Arguments Among the Disciples
& Peter’s Denial
 Arguments among the Disicples:
• Mark 10:41-45 before Last Supper (Mark 14)
• Matt 20:24-28 before Last Supper (Matt 26)
• Luke 22:24-30 within the Last Supper event
(compare Aland, pg. 286-87)
 Peter’s Denial Predicted
• At end of Last Supper in all 3 Synoptic Gospels
• BUT Luke's account seems completely different,
one very similar to John’s Gospel (compare
Aland, pg. 288-289)
Last Supper: OT vs. NT
 The New Covenant:
Jer 31:31-34
“The days are coming, says
the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant with the house
of Israel and the House of
Judah. It will not be like the
covenant I made with their
fathers the day I took them
by hand to lead them forth
from the land of Egypt; for
they broke my covenant and
I had to show myself their
master, says the Lord.”
• Luke 22:19-20
“And likewise the
cup after they had
eaten, saying, “This
cup is the new
covenant in my
blood, which will be
shed for you.”
Last Supper: Paul & Luke
 Paul’s Letters:
1 Cor 11:23-25
“For I received from the
Lord what I also handed
on to you, that the Lord
Jesus, on the night he
was handed over, took
bread, and , after he had
given thanks, broke it and
said, ‘This is my body that
is for you. Do this in
remembrance of me.’”
• Luke 20:19
“Then he took the
bread, said the
blessing, broke it, and
gave it to them, saying,
“This is my body,
which will be given for
you; do this in memory
of me.”