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Gospel Luke Bible Study #67
Luke 22:7-20 The Last Supper


1. Have you ever wanted to give your life, your body, and your blood to someone you love?
( ) Yes.
( ) Never.

2. What day did this event take place? 22:7
=Passover Luke started Thursday night Jewish calendar
=Passover John started Friday night Roman calendar
=After captivity: they kept one day when holiday overlapped

Whom did Jesus ask to prepare the Passover meal? 22:8
=for guests, upper room for pilgrim
What question did Peter and John ask Jesus? 22:9
Where did the pilgrims prepare their Passover meal?

3. What was Jesus’ instruction? 22:10-12
=a jar of water will meet you, follow him to the house that he enters
Why didn’t Jesus just give the address of the house?
=
Who did the disciples have to meet first? 22:10
=a man carrying a jar of water
Why was a man of carrying a jar of water a clear clue to the disciples?
=it is clear because this is woman’s job
When they met such a man, what should the disciples do next? 22:10b, 11, 12
=follow him to the house that he enters
What was the result when they obeyed the words of Jesus? 22:13
=they found things just as Jesus had told them
How did the home owner prepare the upper room for Jesus? 22:12
=It was ready
What else did the disciples have to prepare for the Passover celebration?
=food: lamb, unleavened bread, milk, herb
Who knew this place?
=Jesus, Peter and John
Had Judas known this place, what could he have done?
=he would go to the temple leader
What actually happened because Judas did not know this place?
=Jesus couldn’t have Passover meal with disciples
=Jesus kept the secret of where Jesus prepared.
=God’s wisdom

4. What was the position of eating the Passover meal? 22:14
=reclined
Why did Jesus eagerly desire to eat this Passover meal? 22:15
=I have eagerly desired to eat the Passover with you before I suffer
=Jesus established a new covenant.

When will Jesus eat it again? 22:16,30
=I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God
What did Jesus do with the cup? 22:17,18
=Take this and divide it among you
What does “Take this and divide it among you.” mean?
=share Jesus’ blood: fellowship, community, alone Christian.
=fellowship with Jesus and fellowship with others
What did Jesus do with bread? 22:19
=he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them
What does it mean; this is my body? 22:19
=This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.
Why do we need to remember the body of Jesus? 22:19
=in remembrance of me
=because we forget easily, when we forget, we become selfish.

5. Jesus took the cup. What was inside of the cup? Mt.26:28, Mk.14:24
=this is my blood of the new covenant for forgiveness.
When did Jesus give the new covenant? 22:20
=This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
=old meal: old covenant (lamb, herb, bread)
=new meal: new covenant (body and blood)
What is the new covenant? 22:20
=Jesus body and blood
What was the old covenant?
=sacrifice animal
=No more important old meal.
Did the disciples understand the painful heart of Jesus? 22:24
=No, they began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

6. What should we remember when we take bread and drink in Communion?
=sacrificial love
What does ‘Communion’ mean?
=being together in Christ, fellowship with God and other believers
=prayer for lonely Christians
How can we have real communion with Jesus?
=we have to accept Jesus’ love, forgiveness
=we confess our sins.
=for building relationship and receiving Jesus, cleaning our hearts.
=we need to repent our sins.
=true fellowship and Communion with Jesus: receiving Jesus’ blood and body