最后晚餐
路加福音二十二章7至16节
7除酵节，须宰逾越羊羔的那一天到了。
8耶稣打发彼得、约翰，说：“你们去为我们预备逾越节的筵席，好叫我们吃。”
9他们问他说：“要我们在哪里预备？”
10耶稣说：“你们进了城，必有人拿着一瓶水迎面而来，你们就跟着他，到他所进的房子里去，
11对那家的主人说：‘夫子说：客房在哪里？我与门徒好在那里吃逾越节的筵席。’
12他必指给你们摆设整齐的一间大楼，你们就在那里预备。”
13他们去了，所遇见的正如耶稣所说的。他们就预备了逾越节的筵席。
14时候到了，耶稣坐席，使徒也和他同坐。
15耶稣对他们说：“我很愿意在受害以先和你们吃这逾越节的筵席。
16我告诉你们：我不再吃这筵席，直到成就在神的国里。”
信息分享
基督指示门徒到哪里守逾越节筵席，实在是十分有趣。请再读10至12节。男人是极少拿着水瓶在街上走的，但他却是彼得和约翰要跟着的人。福音书其他地方每次采用「跟着」这个词，都是与跟随基督有关。但这里却对我们很有启发，那个男人转弯，他们就要转弯；他走到哪里，他们也到那里；当他止步，他们便要止步。这岂不是我们跟从基督，并按着祂的引领行事的最佳写照吗？
逾越节的筵席要颇花一番功夫准备。他们要买一只羊烤了，还要准备无酵饼、苦菜和其他物品。那个男人究竟是谁？那间大楼是谁的？基督是否预先与户主作好安排等等问题，我们都很想知道。那间楼房要足够容纳13人。
逾越节宴席通常长达四到五个小时，犹太人以此纪念先祖在出埃及的前一晚，灭命的天使看见犹太人门楣上的血，便越过，不进入击杀那户的长子。这是预表基督在十字架上受死，祂流出来的血遮盖和洁净了我们罪。
基督在席上的话，实在是很意味深长。祂说：「我一直渴望与你们同吃这筵席。我知道它意味着甚么，和将要有甚么发生。这实在是最后的一次逾越节筵席。自此之后，将要庆祝另一件事──就是我在十字架上为你们被钉死。」门徒当时并不明白基督的意思，但后来终于醒悟。现在我们当然明白基督的意思，并要为基督感谢神，祂就是神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的。请再次为基督所成就的一切赞美祂。
THE LAST PASSOVER
Luke 22:7-16
7 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.
8 And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
9 So they said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare?”
10 And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.
11 Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’
12 Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.”
13 So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.
15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Message
Christ’s instructions to the disciples as to where they would celebrate the Passover were very interesting. Read verses 10-12 again. It was unusual for a man to be carrying a pitcher of water but he was the man Peter and John were to follow. On every other occasion in the Gospels, the word “follow” is only used in relation to following Christ. But there is a real lesson in that fact. When that man turned, they were to turn. Wherever he went, they were to go. Wherever he stopped, they were to stop. Isn’t that a wonderful illustration as to how we are to follow Christ and go or do that He leads?
Considerable preparation had to be made for the evening meal. A lamb had to be purchased and roasted together with unleavened bread, bitter herbs and other items. It would be interesting to know who the man was whose house they met in and if Christ had made any prior arrangements with him. There were thirteen men to be accommodated.
The Passover meal took four to five hours. It was a feast of memory, depicting the night in Egypt when the angel of death saw the blood on the doorposts and passed over those homes without entering. It foreshadowed Christ’s death on the cross where His blood was shed and covered us, cleansing us from our sin.
Christ spoke of that Passover Feast in a remarkable way. He said, “I have been longing to eat this Feast with you. I know what it stands for and I know what is ahead. This really is the last Passover. From now on there will be something else to celebrate - my death on the cross for you.” The disciples didn’t understand then but they did later. With hindsight, we can see what He meant and in turn we thank God for Christ, the true Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Praise Him again today for all of this.