Pentecost Season · Year B
Corpus Christi: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Thursday After Trinity or 11 days after Pentecost · May 27, 2027
Overview & Insights
“This is my body… This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.” (Mark 14:22, 24)
The woman’s act of worship in anointing Jesus for burial leads to the Last Supper scene, which explains the significance of his coming death. The lengthy preparation (vv. 12–14) shows that Jesus deliberately planned this event so that he could use the Passover Seder to explain the meaning of his sacrificial death.1Then Jesus’s prophecy of his coming betrayal shows his awareness of (and God’s sovereign control of) the coming betrayal. So there is another chiasm: A Judas’s decision to betray (vv. 1–2, 10–11) B The woman’s anointing of Jesus for burial (vv. 3–9) B? Jesus’s preparation for unlocking the meaning of his death (vv. 12–14) A? Jesus’s prophecy of his coming betrayal (vv. 15–21)
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Commentary
Enduring Word: Mark 14 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the Passover meal and the words over the bread and cup.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 14:12 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the start of the Last Supper account.
Precept Austin: Mark 14 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study page gathering many commentators on Mark 14.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre reads Exodus 24, Psalm 116, Hebrews 9, and Mark 14 together on the Passover and the new covenant in Christ's blood.
Corpus Christi, Year B Sunday Readings Agape Bible Study
Catholic study connecting the Last Supper with the covenant sacrifices of the first reading.
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Cycle B (Sunday Connection) Loyola Press · Sunday Connection
Catholic Sunday Connection with background and family activities for the solemnity.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Mark Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Mark's structure and portrait of Jesus.
BibleProject: Gospel of Mark Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.
BibleHub: Mark 14 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 14.
Sermons & Reflections
Questions preachers ask
What does Jesus give at the Last Supper?
At the Passover Jesus takes bread and cup and gives his own body and blood, the new covenant poured out for many, then goes out to the Mount of Olives.
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