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===Lord's Supper and the Passover Seder===

===Lord's Supper and the Passover Seder===

 

Though it is not likely that the Lord's Supper was at an actual Passover Meal at the normative time for [[Passover]], nevertheless it was the Passover, and the Passover Seder in particular, which provided the "material" for the Gospel narratives concerning His [[Last Supper|last supper]] on earth. The following elements point to this close relationship.

Though it is not likely that the Lord's Supper was at an actual Passover Meal at the normative time for [[Passover]], nevertheless it was the Passover, and the Passover Seder in particular, which provided the "material" for the Gospel narratives concerning His [[Last Supper|last supper]] on earth. The following elements point to this close relationship.

   

   

* Significantly, the cup that Jesus took immediately after the meal to signify His blood "shed for you and for the many", is called the Cup of Thanksgiving. This then would be the context for His speaking of His blood shed for them. The note for disciples listening would be gratitude for what He was about to do for them -though this could only surface after the pain of losing Him. The Last Supper for the Christians would be called Thanksgiving -"Eucharist"

* Significantly, the cup that Jesus took immediately after the meal to signify His blood "shed for you and for the many", is called the Cup of Thanksgiving. This then would be the context for His speaking of His blood shed for them. The note for disciples listening would be gratitude for what He was about to do for them -though this could only surface after the pain of losing Him. The Last Supper for the Christians would be called Thanksgiving -"Eucharist"

   

   

*There was a "sop" given by Jesus to Judas to urge him now to do his dirty work. There were at the Passover Seder bitters, "Maror", to remind of the bitter servitude of the children of Israel in Egypt. There was also salt water for dippings of the Maror for the same purpose. There  was also the mixture known as Haroset for the same purpose - recalling mortar for Pharoah's building projects. The sop given by Jesus to Judas could well have been any of these dippings and mixtures - already laden with bitterness, which Judas had now come to continue and bring to a new plane.  

*There was a "sop" given by Jesus to Judas to urge him now to do his dirty work. There were at the Passover Seder bitters, "Maror", to remind of the bitter servitude of the children of Israel in Egypt. There was also salt water for dippings of the Maror for the same purpose. There  was also the mixture known as Haroset for the same purpose - recalling mortar for Pharaoh's building projects. The sop given by Jesus to Judas could well have been any of these dippings and mixtures - already laden with bitterness, which Judas had now come to continue and bring to a new plane.  

   

   

*The form of the Passover was already in the form of a "sacrament". that is, it was not considered a contrivance of men for a greater purpose to be or not to be performed as considered apt. It was a command of God to be fulfilled, which He would see, and after which, the people having performed it, could say "Nirtzah" - Accepted!  This is in accord with Jesus saying "Do this in Remembrance of Me" and in accordance with the fact, that from that first Lord's Supper, this "doing" continued on in the Church as an essential aspect of the worship of he people. They were "doing" what the Lord commanded to be done.  

*The form of the Passover was already in the form of a "sacrament". that is, it was not considered a contrivance of men for a greater purpose to be or not to be performed as considered apt. It was a command of God to be fulfilled, which He would see, and after which, the people having performed it, could say "Nirtzah" - Accepted!  This is in accord with Jesus saying "Do this in Remembrance of Me" and in accordance with the fact, that from that first Lord's Supper, this "doing" continued on in the Church as an essential aspect of the worship of he people. They were "doing" what the Lord commanded to be done.  

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?: an essay]]

*[[Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?: an essay]]

[[Category:Judaism]]

[[Category:Judaism]]