Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Last Supper

I have occasionally heard that the last supper was not a passover meal. But in Luke 22:15, Jesus says that it is:

"And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:" 

The Greek word is pascha, which means passover.

So my belief has been, and is, that the last supper was a passover meal. If there are details which seem to confuse the issue, they are confusing only because of human misunderstanding of the text.
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  1. David C BrownJanuary 2, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    Doesn't it supersede the passover? The first cup - verse 17 - is the highest note of the passover: then the Lord Jesus moves on to the supper, the bread and the cup in verses 19 and 20.

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  2. DimpleJanuary 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    Yes, I think it does. That is, the communion which we now celebrate supersedes the passover. But the meal which Jesus shared with his disciples was a passover meal. I have heard it taught otherwise on occasion.

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