April 6, 30 A.D. or 783 A.U.C.  

¹⁷Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

¹⁸He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”

¹⁹The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹²On the first day ^b of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?”

¹³He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, ¹⁴and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ ¹⁵He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there.”

¹⁶His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

⁷The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. ⁸He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”

⁹They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”

¹⁰He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters. ¹¹Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ ¹²He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.” ^c

¹³They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

²⁰Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

¹⁷When it was evening he came with the twelve.

¹⁴When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles. ¹⁵He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, ¹⁶for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.” ¹⁷He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves, ¹⁸for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes.” ^d

²⁴There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest. ²⁵He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ ²⁶But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. ²⁷For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves. ²⁸But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. ²⁹I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, ³⁰that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

¹Now before the feast of the Passover, ^f Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ²After supper, ^g the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, ³Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God, ⁴arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ⁶Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”

⁸Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!”

Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.” ¹¹For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.” ¹²So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am. ¹⁴If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him. ^{h 17}If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. ¹⁸I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’[1] ¹⁹From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he. ²⁰Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.” ⁱ

[1]13:18 Psalm 41:9

²¹As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

²²They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, “It isn’t me, is it, Lord?”

²³He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me. ²⁴The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

²⁵Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?”

He said to him, “You said it.”

¹⁸As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”

¹⁹They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?”

²⁰He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. ²¹For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

²¹But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. ²²The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!”

²³They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

²¹When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

²²The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke. ²³One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast. ²⁴Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”

²⁵He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast, asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him.

Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

²⁸Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him. ²⁹For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰Therefore, having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

³¹When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. ³²If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately. ³³Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you. ³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

²⁶As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for[1] it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” ²⁷He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it, ²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. ²⁹But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

[1]26:26 TR reads “blessed” instead of “gave thanks for”

²²As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”

²³He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it. ²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many. ²⁵Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁹He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.” ²⁰Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

²³For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread. ²⁴When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.” ²⁵In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

a) We have no records for the movements of Jesus for the Wednesday of Passion Week.

b) Strictly speaking, the Passover Festival began on the evening of this day. But because by noon, the fourteenth of Nisan, or Abib, all traces of leaven had to be removed from the houses and no leavened bread must be eaten until the evening of the twenty-first, it was already called "the first day of the feast."

c) The traditional site of the upper room where the paschal supper was eaten is on the western hill, generally known as Mount Zion, near the traditional house of Caiaphas. It was early held that the apostles were assembled in the same room at Pentecost when the Holy Ghost descended upon them.

d) Here follows the institution of the Lord's Supper and the reference to the traitor in the order of Luke. See Nos. 249. 251, notes.

e) Transposed. Luke places the reference to the traitor and the disciples' contention about rank after the institution of the Lord's Supper. But it seems that he does not insist upon strict chronological order in this place. Possibly for the purpose of completing his account, his practice on other occasions, Luke brings in both incidents before passing on, without, however, insisting that his own order must be followed against the order of Matthew and Mark as compared with John. We remember that Luke at other times completes his account of logically related subjects, even though the chronology may be disturbed. For instance, in Luke 1, verses 65 and 65 belong after verse 79. In Luke 5, verses 1 to 11 belong after 4:31, as compared with Matthew and Mark. See No. 54, note.

f) This expression refers to the whole festival, in this case to the whole remaining festal week.

g) But as John himself explains, not strictly so. The supper was still in progress, as can be seen from the expressions "riseth from supper," v. 4; "was set down again," v. 12; "leaning on Jesus' bosom," v. 23. The Revised Version adopts the text "during supper."

h) See Matt. 10:24; No. 93: 5. Luke 6:40; No. 72: 16.

i) See Matt. 10:40; No. 93: 7. Mark 9:37. Luke 9:48; No. 125.

j) Transposed. Did Judas receive Holy Communion? That depends upon when the identity of the betrayer was revealed and whether or not the order of Luke is to be adopted. According to Matthew and Mark the traitor was revealed during the Passover meal and before the institution of Holy Communion. According to John, who does not mention the Lord's Supper, it was during the meal which we believe to have been the Passover supper. The views are divided. Our arrangement is not prompted by doctrinal interests. Whether or not Judas received the Lord's Supper, the doctrine concerning this Sacrament remains the same. The argument of St. Paul stands that such as are known to be unworthy communicants should not be permitted to partake of Holy Communion. But suppose that Jesus, knowing all things, nevertheless permitted an unworthy communicant to partake of the very first Communion, our argument is that He did so

1) because He would not pass public judgment upon Judas as long as his sin was generally unknown; 2) because the betrayal, while fully decided upon by Judas, had not yet been actually committed.

In endeavoring to bring Luke into agreement with Matthew and Mark and also with John, we are prompted by the considerations that Luke does not always insist upon strict chronological sequence of his particular arrangement and that at other places he has permitted strict chronology to be disturbed by the connection of incidents which were logically joined. Compare 249, note.

k) Here follows in the order of Luke:

The traitor is revealed. Luke 22:21.23. See No. 251.

The contention among the disciples. Luke 22:24-30. See No. 249.

Bible References taken from:
The World English Bible (WEB) is a Public Domain (no copyright) Modern English translation of the Holy Bible, based on the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible first published in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament.