Today is Passion or Holy Thursday—the day that our Savior and Lord Jesus observed the Last Supper with His disciples at the Upper Room (see Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1-35).

This term, Lord's Supper, has two different but related meanings. First, it refers to the meal our Savior and Lord Jesus shared with His disciples a few hours before His betrayal, arrest, illegal trial, and death. Second, this term also refers to the ceremony in which Christians eat bread and drink wine (or juice) in memory of that event. The name “Lord’s Supper” comes from 1 Corinthians 11:20. Other names for the ceremony include “the breaking of bread” (Acts 2:42), “Holy Communion” (based on 1 Corinthians 10:16, KJV), “the Eucharist” (the Greek word for “thanksgiving,” see Mark 14:23), and “the Mass.”

The picture above depicts the Last Supper which took place on the night before the death of our Lord Jesus. At that final meal, which was connected to the Jewish Passover meal or feast—first instituted by God in the days of Moses (see Exodus 12:1-14; Numbers 9:1-5)—the Lord Jesus gave His disciples bread to eat and wine to drink. He compared the bread to His body and the wine to His blood, both of which He was about to offer in a sacrifice for sinners. He also asked them to repeat the ceremony in later times, remembering Him as they did so (see Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:1-23; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25).

Blessings!

Ike Ozuome

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