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International Sunday School Lesson as Taught By T. C. Horton At the Bible Institute, Los Angeles.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOK NOV. 6, 1910. THE LAST SUPPEE. Matt. 26:17-30. Golden Text —Luke 22:19. Outline. (1) Locating the place for the supper. Vs. 17-19. (2) Last Passover Feast. Vs. 20-25. (3) Lord's Supper. Vs. 26-30, The city of Jerusalem was making ready for the great feast. The Jews were plotting to kill the Lord. At Bethany our Lord had been anointed. He had made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Had cursed the fig tree. On Olivet He had given the discourse we have been studying,, and after a few days' rest in Bethany. He comes to the city for the Passover Feast. THE PLACE. ' - I will keep the Pass- over at thy house." Having no home of his own in Jeru- salem he must secure the home of an- other. The people of Jerusalem were free in offering their homes to strang- rs for this feast. A curtain was some- times hung before the front door as a sign that there was still room for gups' V. • Our Lord made choice of a room which he did not designate only per- haps to keen the place a secret from .Tudas, who had already bargained for the delivery of His Master, Mark 14: 10-11, Luke 23:3-6. The Lord sent two of His Disciples, Mark 14:13. Luke says Peter and John, Luke 22:8. They were to meet a man bearing a pitcher
of water and were to follow him and ask for a room for the Master. He exercised -his supreme authority as when he sent them for the ass and colt, Matt. 21:2. This 'man was probably a dis- ciple. Some have thought the place was the home of Mary, thè mother of John Mark,. where the disciples afterward met for prayer and received the Holy Spirit, Acts 1:13, and where prayer was made for Peter when he was in prison, Acts 12:12. Edersheim says: " A room was needed with tables surrounded by couches, for the Passover Feast must be eaten reclining, since it was a canon that even the poorest must partake of that supper in a reclining attitude, TO indicate rest, safety and l i b e r t y ." they did eat." What a history lies between the first Passover, that night in Egypt, and this eventful last one. A history of one people whose King has come, has been rejected and now reclines at the table with a dozen men to partake of the last meal before His crucifixion. The order of events connected wij;h the Passover feast is as follows: (1) The Lord and His disciples at the table. (2) The contention as to who should be greatest. (3) The feet washing. (4) The identification of Judas as the traitor. (5) The' withdrawal of Judas. (6) The institution of the Supper. THEPASSOVEE FEAST. "And as
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