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Luke 22:7-38

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7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

9“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

10He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,

11and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’

12He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”

13They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

14When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.

15And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

17After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.

18For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

21But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.

22The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!”

23They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

24A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

25Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

26But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

27For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

28You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

29And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,

30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

31“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.

32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

33But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

34Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”

35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

36He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.

37It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

38The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.” “That’s enough!” he replied.

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1)       According to verse 7 what had to be sacrificed on the day of Unleavened Bread?

o   The Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

 

2)       Would Peter and John have difficulties meeting up with the man carrying a jar of water, given that in Jesus’ time only women carried water jars?

o   No, because there would be no other men who would be carrying a water jar.

 

3)       According to verses 8 to 13 how did Peter and John prepare the Passover?

o   They

§  Did as Jesus had directed them in following a man carrying a jar of water in Jerusalem to a house.

§  Borrowed a large, furnished upper room from the owner of the house.

§  And prepared the Passover.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verses 14 to 16 why did he say while reclining at the table with the disciples that he had eagerly desired to eat that Passover with them before he suffered, given Revelation 19:6-9?

o   It is because

§  Jesus will not eat it again.

§  Until

§  It finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God at the wedding supper of the Lamb.

 

·  The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out loud Revelation 19:6-9 that says,

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6Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.

7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

8Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

9Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

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5)       According to verse 17 what did Jesus tell the disciples to do after taking the cup and giving thanks?

o   Jesus told them to divide the cup among them.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 18 when will he drink again from the fruit of the vine?

o   Jesus will not drink again from the fruit of the vine.

o   Until

o   The kingdom of God comes.

 

7)       In accordance with verse 19 what does the breaking of the bread symbolize?

o   The breaking of the bread symbolizes Jesus’ body broken for us on the cross.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 19 what is the reason for the disciples to partake of the bread?

o   We do this in remembrance of Jesus.

 

9)       In accordance with verse 20 what does the cup symbolize?

o   The cup symbolizes Jesus’ blood of the covenant poured out for us.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verse 21 what did he mean by the hand of him who was going to betray him being with his on the table?

o   Jesus meant that his betrayer was at the table eating the Passover with him.

 

11)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 what would happen to the Son of Man?

o   The Son of Man would go.

o   As

o   It had been decreed.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 what was the consequence for the man who betrayed the Son of Man?

o   Woe to that man!

 

13)   According to verse 23 what was the reaction of the disciples to Jesus’ revelation that one of them was going to betray him?

o   They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do that.

 

14)   According to verse 24 what dispute arose among the disciples?

o   A dispute arose among them.

o   As to

o   Which of them was considered to be greatest.

 

15)   What did the nature of the dispute among the disciples suggest concerning how seriously they took Jesus’ revelation?

o   Not very.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 25 what are the rules of governance among the Gentiles?

o   The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them.

o   Their Benefactors exercise authority over them.

 

17)   According to what Jesus said in verse 26 what is the applicability to the disciples of the rules of governance among the Gentiles?

o   They are not to be like that.

 

18)   According to what Jesus said in verse 26 what is the principle of servanthood in leadership that he taught the disciples?

o   The greatest among the disciples should be like the youngest.

o   The one who rules should be like the one who serves.

 

19)   According to what Jesus said in verse 27 how did he use himself as the example to illustrate the practice of the principle of servanthood in leadership?

o   The one who is at the table is greater than the one who serves.

o   But Jesus is among them as one who serves.

 

20)   According to what Jesus said in verses 28 and 29 what would he do for the disciples as a result of their having stood by him in his trials?

o   Jesus confers on them a kingdom.

o   Just as

o   His Father conferred one on him.

 

21)   According to what Jesus said in verse 30 what is the consequence for the disciples as a result of Jesus conferring a kingdom on them?

o   As a result they may

§  Eat and drink at Jesus’ table in his kingdom.

§  And sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

 

22)   According to what Jesus told Simon in verse 31 what had Satan asked to do to all of the disciples?

o   Satan had asked to sift all of them as wheat.

 

23)   According to what Jesus said in verse 32 what had his prayer for Simon accomplished?

o   Jesus had prayed for Simon.

o   Such that

o   His faith might not fail.

 

24)   According to what Jesus said in verse 32 what should Simon do when he had turned back?

o   He should strengthen his brothers.

 

25)   According to verse 33 what was Simon’s reply to Jesus?

o   He replied that he was ready to go with Jesus

§  To prison.

§  And to death.

 

26)   According to what Jesus said in verse 34 what would Peter do before the rooster crowed that day?

o   He would deny three times that he knew Jesus.

 

27)   According to what Jesus asked the disciples in verse 35 what did they lack when he sent them without purse, bag or sandals?

o   They lacked nothing.

 

28)   According to what Jesus said in verse 36 how should the disciples handle things differently from that point on?

o   They should take

§  A purse.

§  And also a bag.

o   If

o   They had one.

o   They should

§  Sell their cloak.

§  And buy a sword.

o   If

o   They didn’t have one.

 

29)   According to what Jesus said in verse 37 what was it that is written in the Old Testament of the bible about him that was reaching its fulfillment?

o   Jesus was numbered with the transgressors.

 

30)   How was what is written in the Old Testament of the bible about Jesus fulfilled, given Luke 23:32-33?

o   Jesus was crucified with two criminals—

§  One on his right.

§  The other on his left.

 

·  The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out loud Luke 23:32-33 that says,

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32Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.

33When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.

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31)   According to what Jesus said in verse 38 what was his reply when the disciples told him that they had two swords?

o   That’s enough!

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Luke 22:7-38

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