Exploration of the passover and it's implications, based on Matthew 26:17-35

1. A New and Living Way
Matt 26:17-35
Christ, Our Passover

2. Passover – Some Background
1. Recalls their freedom from Egypt
2. “Part” (1st
day) of the 7 day
Feast of Unleavened Bread (Req’d)
3. Pasach – “spread wings around to protect”
(read Matt 23:37-38)

3. Matt 23:37-38
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto
thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me
henceforth,
till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord (Psa 118).

4. Psa 118: 25-28
“Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD,
I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he
that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have
blessed you out of the house of the LORD. God is
the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the
sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Thou art my God…”

5. Passover – Some Background
(Recalls their freedom from Egypt)
1. “Part” (1st
day) of the 7 day
Feast of Unleavened Bread (Req’d)
2. Pasach – “spread wings around to protect”
(Matt 23:37-38)
3. Paschal lamb represented delivery from
judgement
AND sustaining meal for journey
4. Consume all of it this night
5. Blood on the lintels “when I see the blood”

6. Passover – Some Background
(Recalls their freedom from Egypt)
6. Unleavened bread represented hurried flight
AND a set apart, holy people
7. The search to remove leaven became
key part of preparations
(Read Ezek 34:11; Psa 139:23,24)

7. Ezek 34:11
“For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will
both search my sheep, and seek them out.”
Psa 139:23,24
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked
way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

8. Passover – Some Background
(Recalls their freedom from Egypt)
6. Unleavened bread represented hurried flight
AND a set apart, holy people
7. The search to remove leaven became
key part of preparations
(Ezek 34:10-12; Psa 139:1,23,24)
8. The bitter herbs were to remember what slavery
was like
9. (we forget, and want to return!)

9. Passover – Some Background
(Recalls their freedom from Egypt)
10. Four Cups – Four Promises (Read Ex 6:6,7)
1. I will bring you out (Ex 6:6a)
2. I will save you (Ex 6:6b)
3. I will redeem you (Ex 6:6c)
4. I will take you to myself (Ex 6:7)
10. Passover was the premier Jewish festival
11. Ex 6:7 is at least one of the key passages of
the OT (perhaps THE key verse of scripture).

10. Ex 6:6
“Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the
Lord, and
I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and
I will rid you out of their bondage, and
I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with
great judgments:”

11. Ex 6:7
“And
I will take you to me for a people, and I will be
to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under
the burdens of the Egyptians.”

12. Passover Meal - List of Events
1. Preparations made -Matt, Mk, Lk

13. Matt 26
17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened
bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto
him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to
eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man,
and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is
at hand; I will keep the passover at thy
house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed
them; and they made ready the passover.

14. Passover Meal - List of Events
1. Preparations made -Matt, Mk, Lk
2. Contention about who is the greatest (having to
do with the seating arrangements!) -Lk

15. Lk 22:24
“And there was also a strife among them,
which of them should be accounted the
greatest.”
(who should have the chief seats!)

16. Passover Meal - List of Events
1. Preparations made -Matt, Mk, Lk
2. Contention about who is the greatest (having to
do with the seating arrangements!) -Lk
3. Dismantling of the world's power system among
the saints (among you it shall not be so) -Lk

17. Lk 22:25-27
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the
Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they
that exercise authority upon them are called
benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest
among you, let him be as the younger; and he
that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or
he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat?
but I am among you as he that serveth.”

18. Passover Meal - List of Events
1. Preparations made -Matt, Mk, Lk
2. Contention about who is the greatest (having to
do with the seating arrangements!) -Lk
3. Dismantling of the world's power system among
the saints (among you it shall not be so) -Lk
4. Disciples granted twelve thrones over the tribes
of Israel in the Kingdom (yet to come) -Lk

19. Lk 22:28-30
28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my
temptations.
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father
hath appointed unto me;
30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my
kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.

20. Passover Meal - List of Events
1. Preparations made -Matt, Mk, Lk
2. Contention about who is the greatest (having to
do with the seating arrangements!) -Lk
3. Dismantling of the world's power system among
the saints (among you it shall not be so) -Lk
4. Disciples granted twelve thrones over the tribes
of Israel in the Kingdom (yet to come) -Lk
5. Jesus takes on the role of lowest house servant
and washes the disciple's feet -Jn

21. Jn 13:4,5,13
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his
garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and
began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe
them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's
feet.

22. Passover Meal - List of Events
6. Betrayal foretold (Judas), prompting the
question,
"Is it I?“ –Matt, Mk, Lk, Jn

23. Matt 26
20 Now when the even was come, he sat
down with the twelve.
21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say
unto you, that one of you shall betray
me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and
began every one of them to say unto him,
Lord, is it I?

24. Passover Meal - List of Events
6. Betrayal foretold (Judas), prompting the
question,
"Is it I?“ –Matt, Mk, Lk, Jn
7. Sop given (Judas last chance to repent) -Jn

25. Matt 26
23 And he answered and said, He that
dippeth his hand with me in the dish,
the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of
him: but woe unto that man by whom the
Son of man is betrayed! it had been good
for that man if he had not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him,
answered and said, Master, is it I? He said
unto him, Thou hast said.

26. Passover Meal - List of Events
6. Betrayal foretold (Judas), prompting the
question,
"Is it I?“ –Matt, Mk, Lk, Jn
7. Sop given (Judas last chance to repent) -Jn
8. Judas leaves –Jn
9. Failure of all foretold (the Shepherd smitten;
the sheep scatter); disciples assured
–Matt, Mk, Lk

27. Matt 26
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for it is written,
I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into
Galilee.

28. Passover Meal - List of Events
6. Betrayal foretold (Judas), prompting the
question,
"Is it I?“ –Matt, Mk, Lk, Jn
7. Sop given (Judas last chance to repent) -Jn
8. Judas leaves –Jn
9. Failure of all foretold (the Shepherd smitten;
the sheep scatter); disciples assured
–Matt, Mk, Lk
10. Failure of Peter foretold; Peter assured
–Matt, Mk, Lk, Jn

29. Matt 26
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all
men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I
never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That
this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny
me thrice.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with
thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said
all the disciples.

30. Passover Meal - List of Events
11. Hallel hymns 113-114 (–Matt, Mk)
12. The "bread which is my body broken;"
the “new testament in My blood”
–Matt, Mk, Lk, I Cor 11

31. Matt 26
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the
disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup (3rd), and gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which
is shed for many for the remission of sins.

32. Heb 10:
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to
say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of
God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith,

33. Heb 10:
22 … having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure
water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto
love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so much the more,
as ye see the day approaching.

34. Matt 26
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of
this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it
new with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out
into the mount of Olives.

35. I Cor 11
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

36. Passover Meal - List of Events
11. Hallel hymns 113-114 (–Matt, Mk)
12. The "bread which is my body broken;"
the “new testament in My blood”
–Matt, Mk, Lk, I Cor 11
13. A new commandment I give you
(love one another) –Jn

37. Jn 13:34
“A new commandment I give unto you, That
ye love one another; as I have loved you, that
ye also love one another.”
Jn 17:20-22
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word; That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I
in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the
world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the
glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as we are one:

38. Passover Meal - List of Events
11. Hallel hymns 113-114 (–Matt, Mk)
12. The "bread which is my body broken;"
the “new testament in My blood”
–Matt, Mk, Lk, I Cor 11
13. A new commandment I give you
(love one another) –Jn
14. Somewhere (here?) is the complete
"Upper Room Discourse" -Jn 13-17
15. Hallel hymns 115-118 (–Matt, Mk)

39. Matt 26
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of
this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it
new with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out
into the mount of Olives.

40. A New and Living Way
1. A New testament in His blood
2. A New paschal Lamb to remember
3. A New way of leadership
4. A New way of being together (love)
5. A New way of proclaiming Him (unity)
6. A New call to labor in His harvest
7. A New danger - to return to old
ways/life
(Judaizers, “Egypt-lovers”)