When did Jesus take Passover with his disciples?

Answer 1

This is a very good question. The truth behind this question remains very controversial until our current times. There are two answers to this questions: One claims that Jesus died on Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM, during which the sun went under eclipse, and an earth quake shook the whole land. Also, a severe thunderstorm took place at the same time. In Mathew 27:50-55 we read how the whole events took place:

50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"

Now because Saturday was about to begin at 6 PM according to the Laws of the Jews, they hastened to bury all those who were on the cross before the beginning of the Sabbath. This is why most people believe that the incident took place on Friday, April 13. In fact, the concept of Friday the 13th is dealt with with superstition in America originated from the day our Lord Jesus Christ had died!

The other theory that many people and religious groups claim to be more likely the correct timing of Christ's death is on Wednesday April 14. This theory is adopted to confirm Christ's prophesy on the sign he gave to the Pharisees about how long He will stay in the grave and referred to Jonah as stated in Mathew 16: 4, "4A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah". Jonah remained inside the belly of the whale for three days. If we take the date of Christ death to be 3 days and nights, then Friday 13 would not make three days and three nights in the grave.

A Jewish historian made a research on this issue and came up with the following conclusion, which can be verified by Daniel 9:27 where it says Jesus would be crucified in the middle of the week (Wednesday).

Thursday 8 Nisan - Jesus is anointed by Mary for His death, though she may not have known that, John 12:3

Saturday 10 Nisan - Jesus has separated Himself from the people, Exodus 12:3 , John 12:36

Tuesday 13 Nisan - Jesus tells them to prepare the Passover meal. Their lamb killed before sunset on the 13th, and after sunset has the Passover with His disciples - deduced by the events on the 14th, the day of preparation for the Passover [of which Jesus had already partaken.]

Wednesday 14 Nisan - Jesus is tried early in the morning before dawn, brought before the people by Pilate at 6 am - Day of Preparation for the evening's Passover. Jesus is crucified at 9 am, noon the sun is blackened until when Jesus gives up the ghost around 3 pm and is put into the tomb hastily because the sun is going to set within the next couple hours and that starts the Sabbath. The Lamb of God had been sacrificed just like all the lambs that very day for that night's Passover!

Thursday 15 Nisan - Feast of Unleavened Bread - bread without yeast [life] - because the Bread of Life had died!!! - High Sabbath, also the day the Pharisees asked to have the tomb sealed because they knew of the promise of His resurrection, but thought His disciples would steal the body, Matthew 27:62 .

Friday 16 Nisan - Feast of Harvest - Numbers 28:26 , Leviticus 23:10-12 - then a few hours to prepare for the Sabbath that starts at sunset.

Saturday 17 Nisan - Typical Weekly Sabbath - from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown using Western dating system.

Sunday 18 Nisan - the day Jesus is raised from the dead any time after sundown at the end of the Sabbath on - Western dating system - Saturday night. Three days and three nights, Matthew 12:40 , in the tomb. Mary and the others go to the tomb on the first day of the week, Sunday, and realize that Jesus is risen, Matthew 28:1 , Mark 16:2 , Luke 24:1 , John 20:1

This is by far the hardest to understand because the Feasts and Sabbaths start after sundown, and are completed the next sundown, but during the night, the date changes [i.e. the number].

Answer 2

The popular idea- and this is stretched out over Holy Week, is that the last Supper happened on Thursday Night- hence Holy Thursday. The Sacrifice of the Cross- of c ourse on Good Friday- and so on. We really don"t know what day or time of day was involved. The Biblical account- At the End of the Third Hour could refer to either 3 PM or 4 PM based on interpretation. Popular usage has the Last Supper- not to be confused with Lord"s Supper- Lutheran term for Communion.- was held on Holy Thursday- in the evening. By the way , it did not happen- this is a good joke, in my opinion at Booth Memorial ( named after Salvation Army founder Gen. William Booth.) Does, sound like a restaurant.

Answer 3

The Bible indicates that Jesus and His disciples had a final 'Passover' meal during the night-time hours (darkness begins a day as in Genesis). Some have dated this final meal as occuring on Tuesday evening, on Nisan 14, in 31 AD. He would die during the day-time hours around 3:00 PM and buried before the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread beginning at sunset, the start of Wednesday.

Answer 4

In the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), Jesus celebrated the Passover with the disciples on the Thursday evening, when the new Jewish day begins. He then went to the Garden of Gethsemene to pray and was arrested and tried.

John's Gospel changed the date of the Passover to Friday for theological reasons. In this gospel, Jesus was arrested, tried and crucified on the day prior to the Passover, so never had the opportunity to celebrate with the disciples.

Answer 5

It was the feast of the passover and that particular one was the night that Judas betrayed him in the garden of Gethsemane.

Answer 6

Jesus celebrated with the disciple the last supper where he tell them that the bread is his flesh and the wine is his blood

Answer 7

Tradition has Christ & the Apostles Celebrating Passover on a Thursday night. This would have been about 12 + hours before His Passion.

Answer 8

We can safely assume that Jesus and his disciples celebrated Passover every spring. Since the Temple was still standing, if they were able, they'd all go to Jerusalem, rent a room for their Passover meal, buy a lamb and take it to the Temple as their Passover sacrifice, and then bring the meat back to their rented room for the Passover meal, eating the meat with matzah (unleavened bread) and bitter herbs as commanded in the Bible. Assuming that the Gospels are a reliable source, the last time Jesus and his disciples got together for a Passover meal, one of his disciples betrayed him to the Roman authorities, leading, after some kind of trial, to his execution. Christians remember this final Passover meal is remembered as The Last Supper.