Mark 14: The Last Supper and Jesus' Anointing

Anointing at Bethany

• 💡 A woman anoints Jesus with expensive perfume, an act some deem a waste of resources.
• 💬 Jesus defends her action, stating it's a beautiful thing done to prepare him for burial and that her deed will be remembered wherever the gospel is preached.
• 💰 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, goes to the chief priests to betray Jesus for money.

The Last Supper

• 📅 Jesus and his disciples prepare to celebrate the Passover feast, as was customary.
• 🗣️ While eating, Jesus reveals that one of them will betray him, causing distress among the disciples.
• 🍞 Jesus takes bread, gives thanks, breaks it, and says, "Take it. This is my body."
• 🍷 He then takes a cup, gives thanks, and shares it, saying, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."
• 🕊️ Jesus declares he will not drink wine again until the new covenant in the kingdom of God.

Significance of the Passover Meal

• 📜 Passover is a significant Jewish festival commemorating God's deliverance of his people from Egypt.
• 🐑 Traditionally, it involved the sacrifice of a lamb, with its blood marking doors to pass over the plague of death.
• 🩸 Jesus transforms this meal, identifying himself as the sacrifice whose blood saves from sin.
• 🤝 This act establishes a new covenant between God and humanity through Jesus' sacrifice.
• 🌟 The disciples would not fully grasp the significance of this transformed meal until after Jesus' resurrection.