Passion Week Thursday
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What happened on this day?
Preparation of the Passover meal venue (Mark 14:12-16; Matt. 26:17-19; Luke 22:7-13)
Jesus washes his disciples’ feet (John 13:1-11)
Jesus and his disciples eat the Passover meal (Mark 14:17-25; Matt. 26:20-29; Luke 22:14-23)
Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper (Mark 14:22-25; Matt. 26:26-29; Luke 22:14-20)
Disciples debate among themselves about who would be the greatest (Luke 22:24-30)
Jesus predicts his disciples abandonment and Peter’s denial of him (Mark 14:26-31; Matt. 26:30-35; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38)
Jesus prays the high priestly prayer (John 17)
Jesus and his disciples go to the Mount of Olives to pray in the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:26-42; Mat. 26:30-46; Luke 22:39-46)
Jesus is arrested (Mark 14:43-52; Matt. 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-11)
Introduction
Many people in the hospice want to see their loved ones before they go. Because there’s that feeling we get when it’s time to leave. We want to be with our loved ones. The most precious people in our lives. And we see this same feeling in the Gospel of John.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
John 13:1 tells us that something’s changed in the flow of John’s gospel. Until now Jesus has had a ministry to people in general. But from this point onward, Jesus concentrates on those He loves intimately. His disciples.
Symbolism of washing feet
The Gospel according to John 1. The Feet Washing (13:1–11)
A literal washing of the feet is not necessary before one can be a Christian. The words point us to a washing free from sin that only Christ can give. Apart from this washing no one can be Christ’s.
What does it take for us to let someone else wash our feet? Physically, it’s quite an embarrassing situation especially if that person is of a higher status. But people back then wouldn’t mind or perhaps even expected it if a slave did it for them.
Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. He, of highest status in the universe, became like a lowly slave. And the important part is that Peter and the disciples had to accept Jesus’ lowly service. They had to accept that the Lord of all the earth would wash their feet. If they couldn’t even accept Jesus’ foot washing, how could they possibly accept His body torn and His blood spilled for them?
Our feet represent the places we’ve been, the path that we’ve been walking all our lives. We might have been walking away from God, but if we just submit our feet to Jesus, then we can walk with God. And the path of our lives changes from a highway to hell to a stairway to heaven.