BSN: The Lord’s Supper

  • The literal expression “The Lord’s Supper” occurs only one place in Scripture: 1 Cor 11:20.
  • It described in all four Gospels and in 1 Corinthians: Mt 26:26-30; Mk 14:22-26; Lk 22:14-23; Jn 13:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-34.
  • The Lord’s Supper was the traditional Jewish Passover meal instituted by Moses and experienced by Jesus and His disciples the night before He died. The apostles then passed on this tradition to the congregations of believer created through their preaching.
  • Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper – that is, converted the Passover meal to His purpose – when He said “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Lk 22:19; 1 Cor 11:24, 25).
  • The Lord’s Supper was to be practiced until the kingdom came per 1 Cor 14:26 – that is, until the reality that it foreshadowed came to be (Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25; Lk 22:16, 18). That reality was the coming of the kingdom of God (the Second Coming of Christ).

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