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Lesson 22 · Nov. 28, 1891

The Last Passover.—Mark 14:1-26

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Parallels: ; .

  1. 1.How long after our Lord's discourse on the second advent was the passover? .
  2. 2.What did the chief priests and scribes do at this time? .
  3. 3.Who made the Pharisees an offer to assist in the work of betrayal? ; .
  4. 4.What was the result of the conference between Judas and the Pharisees and priests? .
  5. 5.At what event occurring six days before had Jesus foretold his death? ; .
  6. 6.What is there in that incident which reveals a reason why Judas betrayed his Lord? ; .
  7. 7.When and how did Jesus prepare for the passover? . Peter and John were the two sent. .
  8. 8.How did the disciples find this detailed description to be? .
  9. 9.As they sat down to the passover supper, what words of loving tenderness did Jesus use? .
  10. 10.What ordinance did Jesus at this time institute? See note 1.
  11. 11.At its close what solemn declaration did he make? ; .
  12. 12.What did the disciples say? ; .
  13. 13.What reply did Jesus make? ; .
  14. 14.What question did Judas then ask? , first part.
  15. 15.What reply did Jesus make? Same verse.
  16. 16.What did this passover typify? . See note 2.
  17. 17.What other ordinance did our Lord at this time institute? . See, also, Matthew and Luke, as each gives some important additional features. See note 3.
  18. 18.Through what apostle, and where, has the Lord revealed the same thing? .
  19. 19.What do the bread and wine symbolize? .
  20. 20.What is necessary that we may have eternal life? See note 4.
  21. 21.How must we partake of it in order that it may avail us?
  22. 22.In thus partaking by faith, in whom are we made complete? .
  23. 23.What great events should the observance of the Lord's Supper call to mind? See note 5.
  24. 24.After the supper ended, what was done? .

Notes

Notes on the Lesson.

1. Question 10.—It would seem from Luke that at the passover supper a strife took place among the disciples as to which should be the greatest. This may have been manifested by their positions at the table. After the opening words and ceremony (), Jesus arose from the passover supper and washed his disciples' feet, instituting an ordinance of humility, as recorded in .

2. Question 16.—The very passover supper at which our Lord and his disciples were sitting, was the last legitimate one which would ever be celebrated. Its origin is recorded in , at the time when the angel of wrath smote the firstborn of Egypt and passed over the houses of those who had sprinkled the blood of the passover lamb on the doorcasing. Jesus is our passover, and if our sins are covered by his blood in the day of God's fierce anger, no evil will befall us, no plague will come near our dwelling. The passover lamb, without spot or blemish, of which a bone was not broken, typified the Lamb of God, whose blood was shed for all.

3. Question 17.—It is quite difficult to place in chronological order the events of the passover night. It seems evident that what is recorded in , and to the close of chapter 14, took place just after Judas went out. That warning to Peter would be a distinct and prior warning to that recorded in Mark. The "Arise, and let us go hence," of , would be uttered just after the Lord's Supper, just before leaving for Gethsemane.

4. Question 20.—In we are told that, except we eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God, we have no life in us, and that if we do this we have eternal life. Jesus says in the same chapter, verse 63, that the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that he speaks are spirit and life. Christ's sufferings in the flesh were in our behalf (; ; ; ); his blood was shed for the guilty (), and he has promised that all who have personal faith in this offering shall have eternal life (). It is through faith in the promise and power of Christ that we become "partakers of the divine nature," that we have eternal life. . God is no respecter of persons; he will give life freely to all who will believe.

5. Question 23.—The two greatest events in the history of the race are brought to mind in the Lord's Supper. We are carried back to his humiliation, his labors, his suffering, his agony, his death; and we are carried forward "till he come," when he will come forth and serve his people at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Bible texts in this lesson

Matthew 26:1-30 · Luke 22:1-38 · Mark 14:1 · Matthew 26:3 · Matthew 26:5 · Mark 14:10 · Matthew 26:14 · Matthew 26:15 · Matthew 26:11 · Mark 14:3-8 · John 12:1-7 · John 12:6 · Mark 14:12-15 · Luke 22:8 · Mark 14:16 · Luke 22:14-18 · John 13:18-22 · Mark 14:18 · Mark 14:19 · John 13:23-25 · Mark 14:20 · Mark 14:21 · John 13:26 · John 13:27 · Matthew 26:25 · 1 Corinthians 5:7 · Mark 14:22-25 · 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 · 1 Corinthians 11:24-26 · Colossians 2:9 · Colossians 2:10 · Mark 14:26 · John 13 · Exodus 12 · Luke 22:31-38 · John 13:31 · John 14:31 · John 6:53 · John 6:54 · Colossians 1:21 · Colossians 1:22 · 1 Timothy 3:16 · Hebrews 5:7 · 1 Peter 2:24 · 1 Peter 1:18 · 1 Peter 1:19 · John 3:16 · 2 Peter 1:4

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