Last week we ended with the religious leaders plotting how they could kill Jesus and Judas preparing to betray Jesus. This week Jesus and the disciples prepare for Passover and Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper.

Luke Lesson 40 Study Questions

1.    Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread: This must have been a very moving commemoration for Jesus. Passover remembers the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, which was the central act of __________ in the Old Testament. Jesus now provided a new center of __________ to be remembered by a new ceremonial meal.

2.    A man… carrying a pitcher: This was an _______ sight, because carrying a pitcher was typically a ________ work.

3.    I think there was no lamb on the table, because the lamb was ________ at the table! In addition, Jesus may have wanted it this way, to emphasize the idea that ___ was the Passover sacrifice.

4.    With fervent desire I have desired: This was a passionate moment for Jesus. It wasn’t so much that He was saying goodbye to His disciples, as much as now He arrived at the ________ reason why He came to man: to institute a ____ covenant with men.

5.    I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes: Jesus has not yet celebrated a __________ in heaven. He is waiting for all His people to be gathered to Him, then there will be a great supper, known as the marriage supper of the ______ (Revelation 19:9). 

6.    He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them: When the bread was lifted up at Passover, the head of the meal said: “This is the bread of ___________ which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let everyone who ________ come and eat; let everyone who is needy come and eat the Passover meal.” 

7.    This is My body which is given for you… This cup is the new covenant in My blood: Jesus didn’t give the normal explanation of the _________ of each of the foods. He reinterpreted them in Himself, and the focus was no longer on the suffering of Israel in Egypt, but on the sin-bearing suffering of ______ on their behalf.

8.    This cup is the new covenant in my blood: Remarkably, Jesus announced the institution of a new _________. No mere man could ever institute a new covenant between God and man, but Jesus is the God-man. He has the _________ to establish a new covenant, sealed with blood.

9.    Behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table: This would seem to indicate that ______ was present when Jesus passed the ______ and the cup to His disciples. This is a matter of debate among students of the Bible.

10.    Which of them should be considered the greatest: In fact, the supreme ________ of Jesus was displayed in His gentle __________ of His squabbling disciples. He obviously had great things weighing down His mind, yet He gently taught and corrected them.

11.    Yet I am among you as the One who serves: Living as a servant really is the best way to live. We are no longer concerned for our own _______ and credit; we don’t walk around with hurt feelings and disappointed expectations, because all we want to do is to _______. We can always do what we want to do, because we can always serve somehow.

12.    I bestow upon you a kingdom: The apostles will have special _______ in the Kingdom of God. They will sit on thrones ________ the twelve tribes of Israel, and their names will be on the twelve foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:14).

13.    That your faith should not fail: Peter’s faith would falter but not _____. Jesus did not see the temporary lapse that was to come as a failure of faith, because He knew that Peter would _______ to Him.

14.     I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me: Jesus told Peter the _______ about himself and the situation not to __________ him, but to let him know there is a spiritual reality and a spiritual battle that he is unaware of, but that Jesus knew well