Was the Last Supper A Passover Meal?

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1 Was e La Supper A over Meal La Supper Y shua Arrived in Jerusalem Y shua Y shua Dies Buried Tomb Y shua Discovered Risen Empty Spices Purchased Exactly 3 Days and 3 Nights 4 Days of Teing Lamb YHWH s Days of Unleavened Bread Wednesday Thursday Wed Fea of Unleavened Lamb Bread Sacrificed (over Meal Lamb Teing Begins Alternate # 1 The La Supper Was a over Meal Waving of FirFruits Alternate # 2 The La Supper Was Not a over Meal Legend Weekly Sabba Fea Sabba Hebraic Fir Fruits La Supper TeEverying.net 4/12/11

2 Analysis/Te Te 1 Exodus 12:1-6 -Lamb is identified on e 10 -Lamb is examined for blemish from e 10 to e 14 -The lamb is sacrificed no later an e 14 -The lamb is sacrificed between e evenings which is likely 3pm on e 14, ju as e sun is nearing a few hours before sundown - If Yeshua is e over Lamb en e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread). Yeshua could not eat of e over and be e over at e same time. Now e LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in e land of Egypt, saying, 2 This mon shall be your beginning of mons; it shall be e fir mon of e year to you. 3 Speak to all e congregation of Israel, saying: On e ten of is mon every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to e house of his faer, a lamb for a household. 4 And if e household is too small for e lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to e number of e persons; according to each man s need you shall make your count for e lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be wiout blemish, a male of e fir year. You may take it from e sheep or from e goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until e four teen day of e same mon. Then e whole assembly of e congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight (between e evenings) There are two evenings in Hebraic ought: One evening is after high noon, when e sun begins its setting. The second evening is at sunset, when e sun is below e horizon. Between e evenings would be about 3:00 PM at e time of e Spring Feas in Israel. Te 2 Exodus 12: Then ey shall eat e flesh on at night; roaed in fire, wi unleavened br ead and wi bitter herbs ey shall eat it. 10 You shall let none of it r emain until mor ning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn wi fire. 11 And us you shall eat it: wi a belt on your wai, your sandals on your feet, and your aff in your hand. So you shall eat it in hae. It is e LORD s over.12 For I will pass rough e land of Egypt on at night, and will rike all e firborn in e land of Egypt, bo man and bea; and again all e gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am e LORD. 13 Now e blood shall be a sign for you on e houses where you are. And when I see e blood, I will pass over you; and e plague shall not be on you to deroy you when I rike e land of Egypt. 14 So is day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a fea to e LORD roughout your generations. You shall keep it as a fea by an everlaing ordinance. Te 3 Exodus 12: Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On e fir day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from e fir day until e seven day, at person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On e fir day ere shall be a holy convocation, and on e seven day ere shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on em; but at which everyone mu eat at only may be prepared by you. 17 So you shall observe e Fea of Unleavened Bread, for on is same day I will have brought your armies out of e land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe is day roughout your generations as an everlaing ordinance. 18 In e fir mon, on e fourteen day of e mon at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until e twenty-fir day of e mon at evening. 19 For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, at same person shall be cut off from e congregation of Israel, wheer he is a ranger or a native of e land. 20 You shall eat noing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread. Te 4 Exodus 12:21,27 21 Then Moses called for all e elders of Israel and said to em, Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill e over lamb. 27 It is e over sacrifice of e LORD, who passed over e houses of e children of Israel in Egypt when He ruck e Egyptians and delivered our households. Te 6 Exodus 12: The over is eaten on e 14 (Going into e 15 ) -The over is eaten wi unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -The over is eaten in hae leaving noing till morning. -The firborn of Israel is ed over on e night of e 15 -over is slain on e 14 and e over is eaten right as e 14 ends going into e night of e If Yeshua is e over Lamb en e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread). Yeshua could not eat of e over and be e over at e same time. -Verse 15 implies at e 7 days of Unleavened Bread begins at e over meal, which is minutes before e 15 (dusk) and extending 7 days until e close of e 21. The Fea of Unleavened Bread (over Meal) is e same day at YHWH brought Israel out of Egypt, which was e 15 -Verse 18 ates at in e evening, ju before sundown or at of e 14, till ju before sundown on e 21 is e 7 day period of Unleavened Bread. -We know at Israel s bread was unleavened because ey had to rush it at e very end of e 14 day into e 15 day. As e sun fades out, from e 14 to e 15, Unleavened Bread begins. - If Yeshua is e over Lamb en e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over meal. Yeshua could not eat e over and be e over. -The lamb is referred to as e over (lamb is not even in e text) -The sacrifice is also referred to as e over -Bo of ese occur on e evening of e 14, ju before sundown. -Technically, at also means at when e sacrifice is eaten when e sun goes down on e 14 going into e 15, e meal could en be called e over because at is what ey are eating as defined in e above. That being said, depending on e context, e lamb, e sacrifice, or e meal, e 14 and e 15 can be referred to as e over. In addition, on e 15, e actual act of e Over occurred when e angel ed Over Israel. This might be why e term over seems to be used to refer to eier one of ese days in e NT, as eier e 14, 15 or bo. In e middle of e night on e 15, e plague on Egypt firborn ruck, and passed over Israel. 29 And it came to pass at midnight at e LORD ruck all e firborn in e land of Egypt, from e firborn of Pharaoh who sat on his rone to e firborn of e captive who was in e dungeon, and all e firborn of liveock. 30 So Pharaoh rose in e night, he, all his servants, and all e Egyptians; and ere was a great cry in Egypt, for ere was not a house where ere was not one dead. The over meal arted on e 14 and extended into e 15 when dea passed over ose protected by e blood of e lamb. The La Supper was on e evening of e 13 Te 5 Exodus 12:31-34,39 -On e night of e 15, Israel was issued e command to leave Egypt. All of eir dough was unleavened because ey left so quickly. This became unleavened cakes on e 15. -This also sugges at e very end of e 14 going into e fir full day of e 15 began e 7 days of unleavened bread and laed until e end of e Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise, go out from among my people, bo you and e children of Israel. And go, serve e LORD as you have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 33 And e Egyptians urged e people, at ey might send em out of e land in hae. For ey said, We shall all be dead. 34 So e people took eir dough before it was leavened, having eir kneading bowls bound up in eir cloes on eir shoulders. 39 And ey baked unleavened cakes of e dough which ey had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because ey were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had ey prepared provisions for emselves. -The bread Yeshua ate at e La Supper was artos which is e Greek word used consiently in e LXX and NT for leavened bread. The Biblical over Meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread) required unleavened bread. Eating leavened bread would be breaking a commandment and us considered sin. Yeshua did not sin.

3 Analysis/Te Te 6 Exodus 13:3,6 Remember is day in which you went out of Egypt, out of e house of bondage; for by reng of hand e LORD brought you out of is place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on e seven day ere shall be a fea to e LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters. Te 7 Leviticus 23:9-12 And e LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10 Speak to e children of Israel, and say to em: When you come into e land which I give to you, and reap its harve, en you shall bring a sheaf of e firfruits of your harve to e prie. 11 He shall wave e sheaf before e LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on e day after e Sabba e prie shall wave it. 12 And you shall offer on at day, when you wave e sheaf, a male lamb of e fir year, wiout blemish, as a burnt offering to e LORD. Te 8 Numbers 9:2-4 Let e children of Israel keep e over at its appointed time. 3 On e fourteen day of is mon, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it. 4 So Moses told e children of Israel at ey should keep e over. 5 And ey kept e over on e fourteen day of e fir mon, at twilight, in e Wilderness of Sinai; according to all at e LORD commanded Moses, so e children of Israel did. -The day at we are to remember in which we left Egypt is e 15. Directly attached to is date is e commandment to not eat leavened bread as e art of a 7 day period to not eat leavened bread. No mention of e day of e 14 is in e text, but noted absent. Immediately following e command is a commandment to extend e eating of only unleavened bread for 7 days, rongly implying at e art of e 7 days is on e 15 and/or at e very end of e 14 when e sun sets. Eier way, we are talking about a span of less an an hour and is a matter of debate as to e exact minute as it relates to e sun setting, dusk, between e 14 and e The evening of e 13 going into e 14, which was e time of e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over Meal. The day after e weekly Sabba is e day of Fir Fruits. This would have been on e 18. Y shua was our Fir Fruits and had to rise at e onset of is day. According to Exodus 12, e process of what defines as labeling e over begins wi e sacrificing of e over (lamb) on e 14 We also know at e over meal is eaten ju as e sun goes down on e 14, in which e majority or all of e meal is at e art of e 15. This would mean at e La Supper on e evening of e 13 /14 would have failed to be a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread) Te 9 Numbers 28:16-18, On e fourteen day of e fir mon is e over of e LORD. 17 And on e fifteen day of is mon is e fea; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. 18 On e fir day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no cuomary work. 25 And on e seven day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no cuomary work. Several ings are clearly ated here. On e 14 day e over begins, which we know is e over sacrifice of e over lamb around 3pm on e 14. The meal (fea) is eaten on e 15, ju as e sun goes down on e 14. Again, scripture makes mention of e 7 day period in direct relation to e 15 day. The fir day of e 7 days is on e 15. The la day would be on e 21 ending nd ju as e sun went down, beginning e 22. This would mean at e La Supper on e evening of e 13 /14 would have failed to be a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread) Te 10 Matew 12: 39:40 Y shua mu be in e tomb for 3 days and 3 nights. Concept of Good deroyed right here. 39 But He answered and said to em, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except e sign of e prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was ree days and ree nights in e belly of e great fish, so will e Son of Man be ree days and ree nights in e heart of e ear. Te 11 Matew 27: On e next day, which followed e Day of Preparation, e chief pries and Pharisees gaered togeer to Pilate, 63 saying, Sir, we remember, while He was ill alive, how at deceiver said, After ree days I will rise. 64 Therefore command at e tomb be made secure until e ird day, le His disciples come by night and eal Him away, and say to e people, He has risen from e dead. So e la deception will be worse an e fir. In John 11:9 Y shua declares at ere are twelve hours at define a day. Using His definition of a day requires 36 hours of daylight (and conversely, 36 hours of night) to Biblically satisfy e 3 day and 3 night prophecy. -The day after Y shua died, e Pharisees received permission to place guards at e tomb. The Pharisees were concerned about deception, so ey would have done is as soon as possible, perhaps as soon as e sun went down. In at case, it en would be e next day, e 15 -The guards would have been put into place nearly e same time Y shua was placed in e tomb on e 15. -Note at John references e 14 as e Day of Preparation This makes sense since e 14 is moly a day about preparing for e over Fea at happens at sundown going into e 15. Thus, e La Supper occurred at e beginning of e Day of Preparation. (13 /14 )

4 Te 12 Mark 15:25, 33, Now it was e ird hour, and ey crucified Him. 26 And e inscription of His accusation was written above: Analysis Y shua died at 3pm on e 14. This is exactly e same time at e over Lamb would be sacrificed/slain. 33 Now when e six hour had come, ere was darkness over e whole land until e nin hour. 34 And at e nin hour Jesus cried out wi a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachani Te 13 John 12:1-2, Then, six days befor e e over, Jesus came to Beany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from e dead. 2 There ey made Him a supper; and Mara served, but Lazarus was one of ose who sat at e table wi Him. 12 The next day a great multitude at had come to e fea, when ey heard at Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in e name of e LORD! The King of Israel! 14 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 5 Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey s colt. Te 14 John 13:1-2 1 Now before e Fea of e over, when Jesus knew at His hour had come at He should depart from is world to e Faer, having loved His own who were in e world, He loved em to e end.2 And supper being ended, e devil having already put it into e heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, to betray Him, -Verse 1 eablishes e time frame as 6 days before e over. This could be referring to e over sacrifice at 3pm on e 14, or e over meal at e end 14 /art Days prior to e 15 would be e 9. Here is ates at ey made him a supper, implying at e sun ju went down, which would en be in fact -exactly 6 days prior to e over meal at e art of e 15. Verse 12 en ates at e next day (e 10 ) Y shua arrived in Jerusalem. This would be according to e commandment at e lamb was to be identified and teed for 4 days, arting on e 10. Y shua is fulfilling at role perfectly, as well as e prophecy at He would ride in on a donkey. This would also mean at e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over meal. The La Supper was as e 13 ended and e 14 began, as e sun went down. Verse one eablishes at e La Supper ended before e Fea of e over. Exodus 12 eablishes at e lamb is called e over and at it is eaten on e 15 as e Fea of Unleavened Bread. This verse concludes at John knew at e La Supper was not e over Fea, at includes e unleavened bread, lamb, and bitter herbs. Te 15 John 13:27-28 Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly. 28 But no one at e table knew for what reason He said is to him. 29 For some ought, because J udas had e money box, at J esus had said to him, Buy ose ings we need for e fea, or at he should give someing to e poor. Verse 29 clearly eablishes at ose in attendance of e La Supper clearly knew at e La Supper was not e over Fea. They clearly believed at ey were ill in e ate of preparing for e fea, e evidence provided by eir speculation surrounding e leaving of Judas. Therefore it was ju at, a la supper, which explains e lack of lamb, bitter herb, etc. as well as Paul not mentioning e La Supper to be a over Seder. In addition, ey all speculated at perhaps Judas was leaving to purchase ings for e fea, providing evidence at all in attendance of e La Supper also knew it was currently not a Sabba in which ere is no buying or selling. Te 16 Mark 14:12, (& Matew ) 12On e fir day of e Fea of Unleavened Bread, when it was cuomary to sacrifice e over lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat e over" 14Say to e owner of e house he enters, 'The Teacher asks: Where is my gue room, where I may eat e over wi my disciples' 15He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us ere." 16The disciples left, went into e city and found ings ju as Jesus had told em. So ey prepared e over. Te 17 John 19:14 -The Greek protos can also be translated as before -In doing so, Mark and Matew can be rendered Before e day of e fea of Unleavened Bread -This makes much more sense when examined again e over event and over inructions. The over lamb was not eaten on e same -day as e over was slain. -Now it also agrees wi John 13:1-2 and Torah, inead of conflicts -Therefore, as soon as e sun went down on e 13 and became e 14, Y shua inructed His disciples to prepare e room for e over meal. This means at e La Supper was ill part of e Preparation Days John clearly ates at e day Y shua died was a preparation day for e over Fea, or Fea of Unleavened Bread. 14 Now it was e Preparation Day of e over, and about e six hour. And he said to e Jews, Behold your King! This would mean at e La Supper on e evening of e 13 /14 would have failed to be a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread)

5 Te 18 Luke 22: And He sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare e over for us, at we may eat. 9 So ey said to Him, Where do You want us to prepare 10 And He said to em, Behold, when you have entered e city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into e house which he enters. 11 Then you shall say to e maer of e house, The Teacher says to you, Where is e gue room where I may eat e over wi My disciples 12 Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; ere make ready. 13 So ey went and found it ju as He had said to em, and ey prepared e over. Te 19 Luke 22: When e hour had come, He sat down, and e twelve apoles wi Him. 15 Then He said to em, Wi fervent desire I have desired to eat is over wi you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in e kingdom of God. Analysis Y shua sent e disciples to prepare a room at ey MAY eat e over. This is at e end of e 13 and e art of e 14, e same day at e lamb is to be slain. This would place e timing nearly exactly 24 hours before e Fea of Unleavened Bread. By preparing e over, ey would have extracted all leaven from e room after dinner so it would be fully ready by e end of e 14, entering into e 15. Likely a figure of speech called an Hebraism, commonly used roughout e Tanakh in Hebrew, and in Aramaic texts. in e Gr eek manuscr ipt -- " epiumia epeumhsa" Oer scholars have noted e usage here of a polyptoton or figure of speech, where e same root word is used wi different inflections or forms. The word epeumhsa (h is long "a" sound) is in e Greek aori tense which indicates a one-time action in e pa. It should be r ender ed, " at one time in e pa I r ongly desir ed to eat is (coming) over wi you befor e I suffer." As He prayed in e garden of Gesemane, "...if it is possible, let is cup pass from Me...", He rongly desired to eat e over meal wi His disciples, but knew at He was e over Lamb and would suffer and die before e meal was eaten on e following evening. The usage of an Hebraism here indicates at eier Luke translated from e Peshitta original text, or at e words were spoken in Aramaic/Hebrew (if e Greek is e original text), and Luke rendered e Hebraism in Greek as be as possible. in e Peshitta Ar amaic manuscr ipt -- " r igta r agtani" Dr. George M. Lamsa in his translation of e Peshitta Aramaic has it as "I have desired wi desire". It is pa tense and used in e same manner as e Hebrew equivalent below. in e Hebr ew equivalent of e Peshitta -- " niksof niksafti" The Hebraism is in e Nifal root em and is a Nifal infinitive absolute followed by a Nifal 1cs perfect (I) of e root word "kasaf". In Genesis 31:30, a very similar use of is Hebraism is used, "niksof niksaftah" except at e second word is in Nifal 2ms perfect (you). The Genesis 31:30 usage is e interchange between Jacob and Laban near Mount Gilead when Jacob had left Laban wi his wives and children (Rachel had olen her faer's idols too). The Hebraism in Genesis 31:30 is "you longed greatly," in intensive pa tense. Expanding e Hebr aism in Luke 22:15, it means " I had (in e pa) r ongly desir ed, or, I had (in e pa) longed gr eatly". Literally, it is "Desire, I had desired. -This means at e Law Supper was not a over meal, but simply a andard Hebraic dinner. Te 20 John 19:31, Therefore, because it was e Preparation Day, at e bodies should not remain on e cross on e Sabba (for at Sabba was a high day), e Jews asked Pilate at eir legs might be broken, and at ey might be taken away. The day Y shua died (14) was called a preparation day. The 15 was considered a Sabba. John declared at e day after Y'shua's dea was indeed a High Sabba day. 42 So ere ey laid Jesus, because of e Jews Preparation Day, for e tomb was nearby. Te 21 John 20:1, Matew 28:1, Mark 16:1-4, Luke 24:1-3 1 Now e fir day of e week Mary Magdalene went to e tomb early, while it was ill dark, and saw at e one had been taken away from e tomb. (John) 1 Now after e Sabba, as e fir day of e week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and e oer Mary came to see e tomb. (Matt) 1 Now when e Sabba was pa, Mary Magdalene, Mary e moer of James, and Salome bought spices, at ey might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early in e morning, on e fir day of e week, ey came to e tomb when e sun had risen. 3 And ey said among emselves, Who will roll away e one from e door of e tomb for us 4 But when ey looked up, ey saw at e one had been rolled away for it was very large. (Mark) 1 Now on e fir day of e week, very early in e morning, ey, and certain oer women wi em, came to e tomb bringing e spices which ey had prepared. 2 But ey found e one rolled away from e tomb. 3 Then ey went in and did not find e body of e Lord Jesus (Luke) Mary arrived on e fir day of e week, immediately following e Sabba. They were going to finish preparing Y shua s body and wanted to be ere at fir light. They got ere at dark. The debated on how ey were going to move e one. The one was rolled away after a big earquake. When it was light ey noticed at e one had been moved. All being said, Y shua had clearly already risen.

6 Analysis Te 22 1 Corinians 15:20 Y shua was our fir fruits and erefore He rose at e very art of Fir Fruits 20 But now Chri is risen from e dead, and has become e firfruits of ose who have fallen asleep. Te 23 1 Corinians 5:6-8 6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know at a little leaven leavens e whole lump 7 Therefore purge out e old leaven, at you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Chri, our over, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep e fea, not wi old leaven, nor wi e leaven of malice and wickedness, but wi e unleavened bread of sincerity and tru. Y shua is our over Lamb and was erefore sacrificed exactly when e over Lamb was to be sacrificed, about 3pm on e 14. In The Wars of e J ews, Josephus records at in e 1 century, e over lambs were slaughtered "from e nin hour till e eleven" (Wars 6.9.3), which corresponds to our 3:00-5:00 p.m. If Yeshua is e over Lamb en e La Supper could not have been a Biblical over meal (Fea of Unleavened Bread). Yeshua could not eat of e over and be e over at e same time. Te 24 Luke 22:7 7 Then came e Day of Unleavened Bread, when e over mu be killed. They lumped in prep day as part of e days of UB as many ill do today. Luke ates in verse 1 it was called not perhaps by scripture, but by cuom 2 Points: 1. The word came + day CAME: Is used only in e present and imperfect tense and should be seen as to come or go, appear or even better to enter as in to enter into DAY: Is used to include e extremities of bo parts and is inclusive of a general time more clearly defined by e immediate context. So when e two of ese are placed back to back we see They were ENTERING INTO e day of UB when e over mu be killed. This of course, in perfect accord wi e torah keeping in mind at e whole fea was lumped togeer including e 14 ough according to torah it is separate. On anoer note of similar confusion Shemini Atzeret (e la great day) is often lumped in wi Sukkot as part of and 8 day of Sukkot, ough it is not.

7 Was e La Supper A over Meal La Supper Y shua Arrived in Jerusalem Y shua Y shua Dies Buried Tomb Y shua Discovered Risen Empty Spices Purchased Exactly 3 Days and 3 Nights 4 Days of Teing Lamb YHWH s Days of Unleavened Bread Wednesday Thursday Wed Fea of Unleavened Lamb Bread Sacrificed (over Meal Lamb Teing Begins Waving of FirFruits Conclusion : Alternate # 2 - The La Supper Was Not A over Meal Legend Weekly Sabba Fea Sabba Hebraic Fir Fruits La Supper TeEverying.net 4/12/11