A Week in the Life of Jesus — The Lords Supper

Luke 22 moves from Judas's deliberate betrayal — not a momentary lapse but a planned act for which he had room to repent — into the Last Supper. The bulk of this message is a careful walk through the Passover Seder: the roasted egg, bitter herbs, salt water, unleavened bread, the lamb, and the four cups, each element narrating the Exodus and God's deliverance. Into this scripted, generations-old meal Jesus interrupts tradition. He declares himself the fulfillment of everything the Passover pointed to. Taking the bread and the cup, he no longer points his disciples backward to Egypt but forward to himself: “do this in remembrance of me,” instituting the new covenant in his blood (Hebrews 10:1–4). The teaching frames communion as the perfect, once-for-all sacrifice that ends the endless repetition of bulls and goats — and as a meal believers will share not only weekly but for all eternity at the Messianic banquet.