The way that I understand Jesus’ ministry the Passover that he attended in Mark 14 was the third one as a rabbi; teaching his disciples. The Gospel accounts indicates that he cleared the temple of money changers and sacrifice sellers on this trip, and maybe on an earlier visit. We also know that he taught many people when he went to Jerusalem for the festivals. I am curious why we don’t see any Passover meal preparation recorded prior to this last visit. The disciple’s question in 14:12, as to where they should go to prepare the meal, seem to indicate that they had done meal preparation before. And the description of the site selection tells me that the disciples had never eaten at this place before. Maybe the special circumstances of this feast held the reasons that this Passover meal was recorded. Maybe the words Jesus spoke here were essential to understanding his heart. Other than Jesus creating a new memorial out of the meal I wonder how different the previous Passover meals in Jerusalem were?
It took me about 20 minutes to read this passage
Stuart
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