It was not a celebration, more of his fulfilling the work his father sent him to do. He sealed this work with his death on the cross, but he also left instuctions that all who believed upon his name should remember him by following the example set at the last supper. We are to eat bread or similar in rememberance of his body which was soon to hang on a cross. We are also to drink water or wine in rememberance of his spilt blood. Last we are to renew the covenants we have made with him.
The Lord was not following any Jewish feast, but called a special meeting with His disciples so that He could instruct them in the manner in which they should remember Him after His death. The scriptures tell us " And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you". Most Christian churches follow some pattern of partaking of the bread and water (Wine). In doing so the congregation remember His great sacrifice for all of mankind.
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The above is totally wrong! The feast at the time was the Passover.
In John's Gospel, the crucifixion actually took place before the start of the Passover (John 19:14). There is no Last Supper in this gospel, but after the evening meal Jesus washed the feet of the disciples.
Jesus and his disciples were celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover.
The Last Supper was a Passover seder.
The Last Supper was when Jesus and His disciples ate the Passover meal together before He went to be crucified.
The Passover.
They were celebrating the Passover.
The Gospels say that the Last Supper was a Passover meal. If so, one of Jesus's disciples would likely have taken a lamb, or bought a lamb at the market just outside the Temple and taken it into the Temple to be sacrificed. The bulk of the meat from the Passover sacrifice would then have been taken back to the group and cooked for dinner, where, following the instructions in Exodus 12:8, they would eat it with bitter herbs and unleavened bread. As with all festive meals in the Jewish tradition, the meal would have begun with a blessing over bread (unleavened since this is Passover) and then a blessing over wine, and assuming that the traditions of the four cups of wine and the Afikomen as parts of the Passover Seder existed 2000 years ago, the meal would have ended with a final mouthful of unleavened bread and a cup of wine (the third of the four).
Jesus fulfilled the Passover as was given to Moses as an example of His coming. For some Christians, Passover is a memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, "our Passover" which made possible the forgiveness of our sins.
A:In the three synoptic gospels, the Last Supper is the feast of the Jewish Paassover (eg Mark 14:16) and each describes the events at that meal, after which Jesus went to pray, was arrested and then crucified on the following day. For theological reasons, John's Gospel has the crucifixion take place on the day before the Passover feast, and so only mentions Jesus and the disciples at an ordinary evening meal. Instead of the Last Supper narrative, John contains a narrative about Jesus washing the feet of the disciples.
It was the Passover - a memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, "our Passover," which made possible the forgiveness of sins - by human blood we all have sinned and by human blood we all are forgiven:1 Corinthians 5:7New King James Version (NKJV) 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
A:In the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), the Last Supper takes place on the evening of the day of the Passover - it is the Jewish Seder feast. John's Gospel moves the chronology (eg John 19:14) so that in his crucifixion, Jesus was the sacrificial lamb of the Passover, and therefore this gospel omits the ritual Last Supper. Apart from mentioning that Jesus and the disciples had their evening meal, John replaces the Last Supper by a ritual in which Jesus washes the feet of the disciples.
In the synoptic gospels, the Last Supper was on the day of the Jewish Passover feast, so we can say that Jesus and the disciples were partaking of the Passover feast.In John's Gospel, the crucifixion was on the day of preparation for the Passover, so John does not describe a Last Supper, saying just that on evening before, when their supper was ended, Jesus washed the feet of the apostles.
In Christian churches it is called Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, or the Eucharist. These all refer to the same rite.Another answer:You're thinking of the Jewish feast of Passover. Jesus was observing this feast with His disciples when He instituted the Lord's Supper.
The Last Supper was held on the occasion of the Jewish Passover feast, which in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) was the evening before the crucifixion of Jesus. The synoptic gospels all contain the story of the Last Supper. John's Gospel prefers the crucifixion to be on the day of preparation for the Passover feast, so John omits the Last Supper account, replacing it by Jesus washing the feet of the disciples.
Jesus fulfilled the Passover as was given to Moses as an example of His coming. For some Christians, Passover is a memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, "our Passover" which made possible the forgiveness of our sins.
Most don't. We believe that the annual feasts were in effect until the time that Jesus died on the Christ. These feasts were "types" or symbols, and Christ is the real thing. (Colossians 2:13-17.) We believe we will celebrate the "real" Feast of Tabernacles with Jesus when He comes again to take us home with Him.
It is speculated by some that the Jewish people were celebrating the Passover seder during the Last Supper, but this is disputed.
the myrrcat.comAnswer:Jesus ate His last supper with His Apostles on Passover night and was crucified on Passover Day. The following evening began the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Passover"And you shall eat of it [roasted lamb] this way, with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in a hurry. It is the LORD's Passover." (Exodus 12.11)
noAnswer:The start of Passover (Jewish days went from sunset to sunset). Jesus was crucified as our Passover Lamb on the daylight portion of Passover. He was buried just before the ending of Passover and the start of the High Annual Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread beginning the that evening at sunset.
By having a big feast in the stable where Jesus was born!
The holiday of Passover celebrates our exodus from Egypt.
Hannakuh, the Jewish Festival of Lights is celebrated around the same time Christians celebrate Christmas.
A:In the synoptic gospels - yes. When Jesus and the disciples celebrated the Passover feast, this would become the Christian Last Supper. After the supper was finished, they sang a hymn (Mark 14:26), as was the practice at the end of the Passover meal. For theological reasons, John's Gospel places the crucifixion on the day of preparation for the Passover - the day before. Jesus did not celebrate the Passover.