Mark 14:1-26, March 28
Mark 14:1-26
“Surely not I?” The Last Supper for me is one of the most powerful moments of Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. The Passover meal had been celebrated since the first meal during the Exodus, but this time Jesus reinterprets this meal in the context of himself. While eating the paschal lamb that was slain, Jesus turns the meal on its head by speaking of his body and his blood that will be broken and shed for them. Jesus insists that one of them will betray him. All of them looked at him and said, “Surely not I?” While we know it is Judas, the following verses remind us that even Peter, “the rock”, is told by Jesus that he will disown him three times before the rooster crows twice.
The story is radical because Jesus participates in this life-giving symbolic meal with the very disciples who will betray him, disown him, and will run away when he needs them the most. “Surely not I?” Jesus tells us the truth, and we are reminded that we too are his disciples and that we too betray, disown, and run away from him. Thanks be to God for his unfailing love for us; that you and I may also sit at the table with Jesus and participate in this life-giving meal despite our failures!
Jeff Smith
“Surely not I?” The Last Supper for me is one of the most powerful moments of Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. The Passover meal had been celebrated since the first meal during the Exodus, but this time Jesus reinterprets this meal in the context of himself. While eating the paschal lamb that was slain, Jesus turns the meal on its head by speaking of his body and his blood that will be broken and shed for them. Jesus insists that one of them will betray him. All of them looked at him and said, “Surely not I?” While we know it is Judas, the following verses remind us that even Peter, “the rock”, is told by Jesus that he will disown him three times before the rooster crows twice.
The story is radical because Jesus participates in this life-giving symbolic meal with the very disciples who will betray him, disown him, and will run away when he needs them the most. “Surely not I?” Jesus tells us the truth, and we are reminded that we too are his disciples and that we too betray, disown, and run away from him. Thanks be to God for his unfailing love for us; that you and I may also sit at the table with Jesus and participate in this life-giving meal despite our failures!
Jeff Smith
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