The Cup of Consummation

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Chapter 21

• The Cup of Consummation
• or
• Jesus Suffering and Death

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Facts

• Jesus last Meal was believed to be a Passover
  Seder, the Thursday before Jesus was crucified
• Meal is discussed in all four Gospels

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The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci
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The Institution Narratives
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Matthew 262629 While they were eating, Jesus
took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he
broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat this is my body. Then he took a cup,
and after giving thanks he gave it to them,
saying, Drink from it, all of you for this is
my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for
many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I
will never again drink of this fruit of the vine
until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Fathers kingdom.
Mark 142225 While they were eating, he took a
loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it,
gave it to them, and said, Take this is my
body. Then he took a cup, and after giving
thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank
from it. He said to them, This is my blood of
the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly
I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit
of the vine until that day when I drink it new in
the kingdom of God.
Luke 221920 Then he took a loaf of bread, and
when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it
to them, saying, This is my body, which is given
for you. Do this in remembrance of me. And he
did the same with the cup after supper, saying,
This cup that is poured out for you is the new
covenant in my blood.
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Location of Last Supper

• Located just outside of the walls of the Old City
  of Jerusalem, in a place Traditionally known as
  The Upper Room
• The actual site is unknown
• It has been held as the room since the Middle
  Ages

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Synoptic Gospels

• Seder for the Passover meal
• During the morning of the same day, Paschal Lamb
  had been sacrificed
• Held on Holy Thursday
• Jesus Predicts he will be handed Over
• Chief priests and elders assembled and
• consulted Jesus arrest.
• High priest was Caiaphas

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Judas Iscariot
Leonardo Da Vinci
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In Matthew

• Jesus tells them to go to the city and find the
  man, but he is not described.
• Judas is identified as the Betrayer but there is
  no mention of his departure.
• The bread and wine becomes Jesuss body and blood
  and Jesus says it will forgive out sins.

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Matthews Passion Account Opposed to the Others

• Matthew stresses greatly the fact that the
  Pharisees will not arrest Jesus during the
  Passover.
• He does this because his audience is the Jewish
  community and if the arrest was made during the
  Passover, there would be a riot.
• Matthew emphasizes on a greater scale the
  decision to not arrest Jesus during Passover more
  than any of the other evangelists.

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The Kiss of Judas
Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) Cappella
Scrovegni a Padova, Kiss of Judas
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In Mark

• Jesus tells the disciples that in the city the
  man carrying the water will help them make
  Passover preparations.
• Judas is not identified as the betrayer but Jesus
  acknowledges there is one
• Jesus tells the apostles the bread and wine are
  his body and blood.

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In Luke

• The man who will help them in the city will carry
  a water jug.
• The Eucharist comes before the betrayal, but
  Judas is not exposed
• Jesus tells them the wine and bread are His blood
  and body and that this is the new convent. He
  tells them this will be his last meal with them.

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Washing of the Feet of the Apostles

• Jesus got up from the meal and washed feet of
  disciples that were present
• Jesus then instructed disciples to wash each
  others feet
• This became part of Holy Thursday ritual for
  Christianity
• Jesus humbles himself to show
• Christ came to serve
• We should humble ourselves to others
• Christ came for all

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Judass Betrayal and Departure

• Shows the flaws in humans
• Symbolizes the temptation and greed in humanity
  as a whole
• Jesus revealed that one of his Apostles would
  betray him - Judas

• Amen I Say to you, one of you will betray me.
• Judas, his betrayer denies it is him.
• You have said so

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Christological -John

• God is saving from sin as he saved from slavery
• One of the seven Sacraments that was derived from
  the Last Supper
• We remember by eating body and drinking the blood
  of Jesus Christ
• Believed to be held before the Passover Seder
• Held before the sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb
• Jesus is the new lamb

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Jewish Trial Of Jesus- Sanhedrin

• Jesus confronts the High Priest
• Peter denies knowing Jesus three times
• Jesus is charge with blasphemy saying that he is
  the Lord
• Condemned to death by the high priest

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Roman Trial of Jesus

• Brought to Romans because the Jewish government
  could not carry out a death sentence without the
  consent of the Romans
• Pontius Pilate finds no guilt in Jesus
• Gives Jesus to Jews to crucify him

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Crucifixion

• Jesus carries his own cross up to Golgotha
• Crucified between two criminals
• Sign over his head saying This is Jesus King of
  the Jews

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The Crucifixion of Jesus is included in all four
of the Gospels Matthew 27 33-44 Mark 22-32 Luke
23 33-43 John 19 17-30

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Crucifixion-ancient method of execution, where
the victim is nailed to a large wooden cross and
left to hang there until dead. Mainly used by
Romans as a judicial execution

• While the people of the ancient Roman Empire
  considered crucifixion extremely painful they
  accepted it as a judicial punishment.
• The crucifix then became the main symbol of the
  Christians

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Darkness Over the Land

• Before Jesus dies
• Still on the cross
• Occurs from the 6th hour to the 9th hour
• Darkness covers the land