There are two questions that call for answer. (1) Is this Friday Passover day (i.e. 15th Xisan according' to Jewish reckoning from sunset to sunset)? (2) Is the Supper held on the evening of Friday the regular Paschal meal ?
(1) There are various internal contradictions in the Synoptic
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tond!"This\™'''striit'lv f'^t '"'^ accompanied by an armed
of course, indicate that it « Is ' i '"' "'"' "'"i'' "ouid,
bably to purify hinisfif for u\.- /■ '" ' '"""''- I'ul more pro- not easy to account for the li;iKi, . li I ' , ' -y;'"!, it is
down the body of Chri-it (.Ml ' J,'lit to taiii-
nnimnent. Josepli Imvs lin'.- "in ,' , '" ''I'^over was
tomb, which could scarcely be d ine " i>-' "" ''"'^^' '" ^^^ considerations serve to sbiw I linr thl"l •■"'*^°y<^'' ''ay. These iea.st uncertain. Thus there aretL' .-^'i^P''*'- ''™°""'^ '« ^t story that goto conflrm the cWs n? '"^'cat.ons in the Synoptic that Jesus \te the Supper amf,,^^^"^ ""^ Fourth Gospel paration for the pS "r Thronh 'i^''' "" 'I'" "^"y "^ ^'<'-
S^^s;5e,^-to!iIH?F? «'- a^:rrhXs'"tEE:iP '?^"-^^-"
of the meal as a Passoyer p'Twl" m 'i'' '''" """"' ^'^^"^'^^ that there was some forebodi,,'' ,,, ii " n , V, i"',T ""'''' not celebrate the Passover t,",- ,,'"""' "'■",""> "-iM «iromw?»PjwcAa?.,quotint,'(i;,, :, : >, -' '' |' i^^daoiples learned that Jesus «, i „,, ,, : ','''; ; ''"' Identified m his mind the Cr
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883
Pi,,, '"."'^ ™"id the Crucilixion wilh il, '■; . '"
Paschal lamb (i Co 5?) If ti„. i^ ^ ■ "' i^^'^nficc of the anticipate the Passover n.eif tht "^S?/,- '' """""^ ^y Jesus to have a, it. =.„„'j..°'5. ""=.":'• the shifting of the day would
)• that the Fourt
of discrepai:
Hastings' /J^ii. p. 7uV Immunol d r''"Ir'' '\'" ''' '"'""' artt. D«Es, L^sT Suppk^. Lords Si-ppeb^. ' ''''' "' '■"' "'^
G-p^'uif^^r^^^ji^-iir^i'" "- ^--t
tions of Christ's ol,,,-,. witl, n,, :'"~ '"■""''■p''' attention to His IVrsor,: In 11, ' s, , .'w „.'", l'' performed its the outconj,. ,,f 11 ■""I""'.''"'} 'i Jolin certainly lavs sfr,-.ss ,,., n, '" ''':'"['['-'•">■ ^1
the mira,.Ies,'l,„tl„: ,.;,„,', )l"'""''l •'■^l-ect of
motiveof coiiiin,.!,!,, i ^'i 'i " "> ''ilook tlie
tliehappinc-s',1 , ,„.i, i ." '"'"■"'''l "'n.' to add to 'Whence shall ,,',: l,„v l,,)'-, I ",'i"'V'';r" ^'''"'^^' '-'■"' ^^aquestionlnlI,,f,,:n,|,,/,;;ii;;'' ';*'"'^'"fy«f ? discoura"in" -111,1 ,1, ill;,, , -'"'•. Alter their Jesus 'found' I ,, ' "- ."|'''''' "'"■^ "'itli the Jew
5^4r^'.^r,K!;rr;i''Tr <'?'""'• '
beinjr interpreted asa"^^,■l,,l ,,f ,'',,' ,,,''-'^i„, f"," ''^^y** tlie sisters of Lazarus ( M , r ' '■':'-"""'ate love for
high claims of jesi ,,,;,./, :;':;,'r,"?,""2^'" ">« ;fu-dai l^*^^?:"!^!^"?
"^s^f^! i^oH^'T ^■•^'•f/"''""'^" to exalt the
m ft hi IL f ' I* ''''i"''' "'"^'^ of Jesus. If ,ve
diiy his .statement .so far a.s to admit that this is
•i'-l ( ' s Lin . •^•■''f '^'^l '^ man' sent from
.sufh a w^y'l \?:fc1h'^^"^ i mentioLlt chari.s.n on^Hin. & ^e' Baptist n-""""'"^' "' ""^
IS Snn ,,f(;,„l 1 "", u ""^ Messiah (l-'- ■<=), and ^,^1^ l^_ 1(1 ). He reveals Hmiself as Mes-
l,.>,.|,„,„„.,,,' •";""•■'" "o'nan (4=«). A process of ,„„,„ 1,,^^ i„-( ';;;;, '"'i '-/epre.sented {e.g. 2^') as r.uisition is easv fi^," ' t"e disciple.s, and the ia,l s'i, (,„,!; '^' •""' ■■eraembering ^yhat Jesus a Ct ;. ' ' »^^°n«e'ously mingling with the actua! n I ev 1 t ''•'^P^^ion of the meaning of words .. es'n .rrouTrF'' 'T' Moreover, thi narrat ve
1 liilip (14-'), and the si.pciilntions ,,f M ' i
In this (i
account. Comnare tho' I'-li-r, i' "'4', *'"^. '''J'noptic
for the troul.l.'.l ■,,!!',,, ^7 '^.''^I'^^'in'l solicitude dietorv dis,-,„ns,. , ^ , ' ,V '"■^''I'Ips m the vale-
n^"»,Lk'io^'--/ \ V ,','! Vi; H ,r,'!i''^"'^ Mt
certain hei-htL-nnr, „l .: ' ™it there is ' ;
when we are told tlmt the n.an at Be'^hUd'' f ^,'"1^'"
this Oospel?s;;o"ne'"ncriarin°"that Si ";•""'" W^.s an inferior kind JJ"^c/^ 'f I4-H ""^IJ.
as\L^U!"e'nrw?tVKrZVr ^f '■'^''^^'
has contended (Prolog ,/,.l ,■/,■,■/,»/.>,; "'Trpr the &o.spel is written with the purp,:,se ol cou/uting
'II is' it ii„ri',r''-^ ■/''",■',''■ I'l'- KS--165)- "■I was tl„u. ''M'-'tc.l that If a Fourth
■" hat' difler;;,,, a^leiTof ', 'hrH's', iT'""' t
the audlenoei'ofl^a/fr ''" "" ''ow' Jesus teu^it
vidJals, and of ?he^nne ^ lour^I'dlscTnl"' '""''^ tlie way in %NhicIi n,,; !• "i ■ ^ disciples, and authorities at e us, 'e (cf Dods 7'" "'%' '^^.*''« Introduction, pp (I71 G76) ^°'^'' •^^^"'*- ^'•- ^«*<-
Al^,Se^":;;r{| T ^T^^-Clement of
-t I ^ , Sv, V i'"'i T 'spiritual,' in
■im,-en,in.: I '^' 1 '''''**^ *« 'bodily
I cx'tmole" fi"/'' '"-■^'■'o'ogue itself we
• e 1,1 iiR. way 111 winch statements of
II a.ul historical fact are characteristi-
""""^<n, and the Evangeli.st tells us that
k,„.,>I,:,| 1"Y''"*'."S- out of the fulness of his
teach „..' thai vi"! ""^'^T°" ?*' ^''"'^f' "'"^ "^ His
1 tlie hish.ri.'aMirtlu. '('',!!"',', I v*''** "'®^' element
■hl.-h he hL'nsrIf' I'Hi '' ' ]"j"!- '-"ting facts
laiinstoheanevc-\\iin.' i" 1 1 '-"'''''■*'■ He
notes of time {l=< ■>' \>" u - , , . ... , ; ,' ] ' T I!" ^^^."^
hour of the day is Mien 1 1 ,'i ,1 - i- .,, . : ■' '■-, ,"®
;^ssion^weeM,^.,|. This)^ii,»l,-«',^>]e
down at hi- ,, . ■'";,, - ! ' ; i?',,"'']-,, \''-^"7,'fen
fragrance,,) ■ , , . ,, „, ... J 1 ' T'"' *'>«