Question 1

What is the significance of Jesus eating this Passover before He suffers?

Accepted Answer

Jesus says He has greatly desired to eat this Passover with His disciples before He suffers. This shows His love for them and His clear knowledge that suffering is coming. It is not just another yearly meal. He knows this will be His last Passover on earth and that it points to His own sacrifice. By sharing it, He ties the old rescue from Egypt to the new rescue He will bring through His death. He also promises He will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in God’s kingdom, hinting at future joy with His people.

Question 2

What does This is my body and This cup is the new testament in my blood mean?

Accepted Answer

When Jesus takes the bread and says, “This is my body which is given for you,” and the cup as “the new testament in my blood,” He is using simple signs to point to His coming death. The bread represents His body that will be given up on the cross. The cup represents His blood poured out to seal a new covenant between God and His people. Eating and drinking in remembrance of Him is a way to look back to His once-for-all sacrifice, to be spiritually nourished by trusting Him, and to remember that forgiveness and fellowship with God come through His death.

Question 3

Why did Judas betray Jesus, and how is Satan involved in this passage?

Accepted Answer

Judas was one of the twelve, yet he went to the chief priests and temple captains to plan how to hand Jesus over when the crowds were not around. The passage says Satan entered into Judas, showing that the devil made use of Judas’s sinful desires. The leaders were glad and agreed to give him money. So Judas looked for a chance to betray Jesus in private. At the same time, none of this surprises God. Jesus knows about the betrayal at the table, and God uses even this evil choice to bring about the sacrifice that saves sinners.

Question 4

What does it mean that Satan has desired to sift you as wheat?

Accepted Answer

When Jesus says, “Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat,” He pictures the devil shaking the disciples like grain in a sieve. The goal is to toss them, test them, and try to scatter their faith. This shows that following Jesus involves real spiritual battle, not just human trouble. But Jesus also says He has prayed for Peter, that his faith will not fail completely. Peter will fall into denial, but not be lost. This teaches that believers face hard temptations, yet Jesus prays for them, and God keeps them from finally being torn away.

Question 5

Why does Jesus tell the disciples to take a purse and buy a sword?

Accepted Answer

Earlier, Jesus sent the disciples out with no money bag or extra supplies, and they lacked nothing. Now He says the one with a purse should take it, and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. This has been read in more than one way. Many understand it as a picture of coming hardship, not a call to violent defense. Soon they will face hatred and danger instead of welcome. Jesus later rebukes the use of a sword in the garden. The main point is that a season of ease is ending, and they must be ready for struggle.

Question 6

Why were the disciples arguing about who is greatest, and what does Jesus teach them?

Accepted Answer

Even at this solemn meal, the disciples argue about who should be counted the greatest. Jesus corrects them by pointing out how Gentile rulers like to show their power and be called benefactors. He tells His followers not to be like that. Instead, the one who would be greatest should be like the youngest, and the leader should be as one who serves. He reminds them that He Himself is among them as one who serves, even though He is truly their Lord. This sets a pattern for Christian leadership as humble service, not grasping for status.

Question 7

What is happening in Jesus’ prayer in the garden and His agony?

Accepted Answer

After the meal, Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives and tells His disciples to pray so they do not enter into temptation. He withdraws a short distance, kneels, and prays, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.” He faces deep agony, so intense that His sweat is like great drops of blood. This shows His true human dread of the suffering and judgment He is about to bear for sin. Yet He fully submits to the Father’s will, making death, with all its horror, a path of obedience and salvation for His people.

Question 8

Why did Peter deny Jesus three times after saying he was ready to die for Him?

Accepted Answer

Peter confidently says he is ready to go with Jesus to prison and to death. Jesus gently but firmly tells him he will deny knowing Him three times before the rooster crows that day. When Jesus is arrested, Peter follows at a distance and ends up by a fire in the high priest’s courtyard. There, three different people challenge him, and each time he denies being with Jesus. Only when the rooster crows and Jesus turns and looks at him does Peter remember and break down in bitter tears. His fall shows how weak we are in ourselves, but his later restoration shows Jesus’ mercy.

Question 9

What does it mean that Jesus was reckoned among the transgressors and why is He mocked?

Accepted Answer

Jesus says that what is written about Him, that He will be counted among transgressors, must be fulfilled. This means He will be treated like a criminal, grouped with lawbreakers. In the passage, He is arrested with swords and clubs as if He were a thief. Later He is mocked, beaten, blindfolded, and told to prophesy who hit Him. The leaders accuse Him of blasphemy when He speaks of the Son of Man seated at God’s right hand. All this shame and false guilt shows that He is taking the place of sinners, so that those who truly are guilty can be forgiven.

Question 10

What does this passage teach about God’s plan and human responsibility?

Accepted Answer

Jesus says the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, yet still warns, “Woe to that man by whom he is betrayed.” This holds two truths together. God has a set plan that includes the suffering and death of Jesus for sinners. At the same time, those who sin, like Judas and the leaders, are truly responsible for their choices and will answer for them. Even Satan’s schemes and human plots cannot break God’s purpose, but that does not excuse their evil. This helps us see that God is in control, yet our actions still matter and are judged by Him.

Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

Preparing the Passover

The Last Supper

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

The Betrayal of Jesus

Peter Denies Jesus

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

The Plot to Kill Jesus

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Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

Preparing the Passover

The Last Supper

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

The Betrayal of Jesus

Peter Denies Jesus

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

The Plot to Kill Jesus

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