RECORDS OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY. PART IX. THE LAST DAY OF THE SAVIOUR'S MORTAL LIFE. SECT. I. Peter and John commissioned to prepare for the Paschal Supper. MATT. XXVI. 17 Now on the first MARK XIV. 12 AND on the first 7 LUKE XXII. Now the day of day of unleavened bread day of unleavened bread, unleavened bread came, the disciples came to when they killed the when it was necessary Jesus, saying unto him, passover, his disciples for the passover to be "Where wilt thou that say unto him, "Where killed. 8 And he sent we make ready for thee wilt thou that we go and Peter and John, saying, to eat the passover?" make ready that thou" Go and make ready for 18 And he said, "Go into mayest eat the passover?" us the passover, that we the city, to such a man, 13 And he sendeth two of may eat it." 9 And they and say unto him, The his disciples, and saith said unto him, "Where Teacher saith, My time unto them, "Go ye into wilt thou that we make is near; I keep the pass- the city, and there will ready?" 10 And he said over at thy house with meet you a man bearing unto them, Behold, my disciples." 19 And a pitcher of water: fol- when ye have entered the disciples did as Jesus low him. 14 And where-into the city, commanded them: and soever he shall enter in, will meet you they made ready the say ye to the master of a pitcher of the house, The Teacher follow him saith, Where is the guest-house where he entereth chamber, in which I And say to the in. may eat the passover with my master of the house, disciples ? 15 And he The Teacher saith unto will show you a large thee, Where is the guest passover. upper room furnished :: 66 a man bearing water : into the chamber, in which I may eat the passover with my and ready there make JOHN Circumstances at the Paschal Table before the Institution of the LUKE XXII. 14 AND when the hour came, he placed himself at table,+ and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, "With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 for I say unto you, I shall not any more eat of it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17 And he took thanks, and said, vide it among your- JOHN XIII. • The order of those occurrences which are recorded, appears to have been as follows:-1. Introductory observations of our Lord. 2. Observations in relation to the contention of the Apostles respecting precedency. 3. Jesus washes their feet, and discourses thereon. 4. He announces the treachery of Judas; after which this Apostle withdraws. 5. Declarations to the Apostles, including two announcements of Peter's denial of him. Then followed the institution of the Lord's Supper, as given in the following Section. + Here the verb is ανέπεσε: in Matthew it is ανέκειτο. The first refers to the act of reclining, the latter to the state of recumbency. The engraving of the Last Supper from Poussin, (one of the Sept Sacramens), represents our Lord and the Apostles in the recumbent posture; thus truly picturing the reality. (See Note, p. 74). Another of the Sept Sacramens gives the scene in the house of Simon the Pharisee, (Part V. 8ect. ii.), in the same correct manner. Or, (without the idiom), I have earnestly desired, idvμig eñedvμnoa. This must have been "the Cup of Wine" with which, says Lightfoot, "the Paschal Supper began." See Hebr. and Talm. Exerc. on Matt. xxvi. 26. the vine, until the kingdom of God shall have come." 24 Now there was even a strife among them, which of them seemed to be greatest. 25 And he said unto them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them; and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors. 26 But ye shall not act thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and him that leadeth as he that serveth. 27 For which is greater, he that is at table, or he that serveth? is not he that is at table! but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. 28 Now ye are they who have continued with me in my trials: 29 and, since my Father hath appointed unto me a kingdom, I promise unto you, 30 that ye shall eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." καθώς Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come, that he should depart out of this world, unto the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he MATT. XXVI. MARK XIV. LUKE XXII. δειπνου γενομενου 3 JOHN XIII. loved them unto the end. 2 And supper having come, (the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to deliver him up), Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God; ariseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and having taken a towel, he girded himself. 5 Then he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon 6 8 Peter : and that apostle saith unto him, "Lord! dost thou wash my feet?" 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, "What I do, thou knowest not now; but thou wilt know afterwards." Peter saith unto him, "Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me." 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, "Lord! not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!" 10 Jesus saith MATT. XXVI. MARK XIV. LUKE XXII. JOHN XIII. unto him, "He that hath bathed, needeth not to wash except his feet, but is wholly clean and ye are clean, but not all." 11(For he knew who was delivering him up therefore said he, "Ye are not all clean"). 12 When therefore he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and again placed himself at table, he said unto them, "Know ye why I have done this for you? 13 Ye call : me Teacher and Lord and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I therefore, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to • Or, Master, o kupιoç: and so in other parts of this passage. tarоOTOλoc, the messenger, the apostle. you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent+ greater than he that sent him. 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. 18 ❝I speak not concerning you all: I know whom I have chosen : but (that |