Luke 22:14-20

Jesus Proclaims His Coming Death By Means Of The Passover Symbols. His Coming Suffering Is Now An Assumption. He Is To Be The Passover Lamb Introducing the New Covenant (22:14-20).

Analysis.

a When the hour was come, He sat down, and the apostles with Him, and He said to them, “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:14).

b “For I say to you, I will not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the Kingly Rule of God” (Luke 22:16).

c He received a cup, and when He had given thanks, He said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves (Luke 22:17).

b “For I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the Kingly Rule of God shall come” (Luke 22:18).

a And He 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, this do in remembrance of Me. And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you (Luke 22:19).

Note that in ‘a' He desires to eat the Passover with them, and in the parallel He eats with them the new Passover revealed in the giving of His body and the pouring out of His blood. In ‘b' He will no longer eat the Passover until it has come to its true fulfilment in the Kingly Rule of God, and in the parallel He will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the Kingly Rule of God comes. Central to all is the cup of oneness and unity in blessing, which points ahead to their future hope, which is to be divided among them that all might partake.