The Last Supper
Matthew 26:17–35; Mark 14:12–31; Luke 22:7–38; John 13–17; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26
On the evening the Passover lambs were sacrificed, Jesus ate the Passover with the Twelve in an upper room. He washed their feet, foretold his betrayal, and gave them bread and wine as his body and blood of the new covenant.
He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”
Luke 22:19 (World English Bible)
Jesus took the place of a servant and washed his disciples' feet, telling them to do the same for one another (John 13:14–15). He named Judas as the betrayer, and Judas went out into the night. He told Peter that before the rooster crowed Peter would deny him three times.
Taking bread and the cup, he spoke of his body given and his blood poured out for many, the Passover lamb fulfilled in himself (1 Corinthians 5:7). John records his long farewell teaching and his prayer for all who would believe (John 14–17).
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Dating notes
Ussher: Thursday, 2 April AD 33, the day the Passover lambs were sacrificed (Mark 14:12). John 18:28 says the leaders had not yet eaten “the Passover” on Friday morning; Ussher and many others take this as the other festival meals, while some scholars think Jesus ate his meal a day before the official Passover. Ussher's dates put the crucifixion on Friday, 3 April AD 33; many scholars prefer Friday, 7 April AD 30, which would move all of Holy Week three years earlier.