Chapter 15 Of John Stein's Last Supper

Chapter 15 of Stein's book tells about the Last Supper. Jesus sends John and Peter into Jerusalem to set up a Passover meal for Jesus to share with his disciples. One really interesting aspect of this chapter that I didn't realize was how Stein said that Jesus set up the Last Supper in secrecy. It is suspected by Stein that Jesus wanted to hide the meal from Judas to delay that betrayal and the crucifixion so he could meet with his disciples and let them know what was about to transpire and why everything would happen. I think that this was really indicative of Jesus being a prophet and that he had a plan laid out. This Passover meal was held so Jesus could meet with his disciples and run over the game plan, for lack of a better term, with them so the disciples would know what to expect when Jesus was tried and crucified by the Romans.
Jesus tells his disciples about the betrayal by one of the disciples. I believe that he tells his disciples about the betrayal, not to make them stop it, but to prove that it was part of his plan and for them not to …show more content…
The reason that this is important is that the breaking of the bread and sharing of the wine was symbolic of Jesus' message for the people. Jesus broke the bread and said that it was 'his body which is given to you'. Stein breaks down this sentence that the Son of God would give his human body for the salvation of the world. This means that the bread being shared is symbolic of Jesus dying so that everyone may be welcomed into Heaven f they so choose to follow him. Jesus shares the wine symbolizes basically the same thing, it shows the blood that Jesus would spill for the forgiveness of the sins of the people of God. Jesus tells his disciples to break bread and share the wine to remember him. Jesus says this so that the people would celebrate and remember the ultimate price that Jesus paid for