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Holy Week · Maundy Thursday · Year B

Mark 14:12-26

The Lord’s Supper

March 25, 2027

The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, 1495–1498Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Painted in an experimental technique that began failing within Leonardo's lifetime, so most of what survives is restoration. The composition groups the twelve into four threes, all reacting at once.It is the supper, and this is the painting that decided how the West pictures it.Leonardo da VinciPainter, engineer and anatomist who finished very little, experimented constantly, and left notebooks that took centuries to read.Santa Maria delle Grazie, MilanA Dominican church whose refectory holds the Last Supper, which survived a bomb in 1943 that destroyed the wall opposite.Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 14:12-26Mk 14:12-26Alt. GospelJohn 13:1-17, 31b-35Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35
Epistle1 Cor. 10:16-171 Cor 10:16-17Alt. Epistle1 Cor. 11:23-321 Cor 11:23-32
Old TestamentExod. 24:3-11Ex 24:3-11Alt. OTExod. 12:1-14Ex 12:1-14
PsalterPs. 116:12-19Ps 116:12-19

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 Bible Commentary Mark Chapter 14Enduring Word Bible Commentary Mk Chapter 14 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik on the Passover preparation and the institution of the Lord's Supper.

Mark 14 CommentaryMk 14 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse studies with word notes on the Last Supper and the new covenant.

Mark 14:12 CommentariesMk 14:12 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries on the Passover meal and the cup of the covenant.

Remember, Maundy Thursday - Sermons That Work Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church

Episcopal sermon on remembrance, the table, and the command to love.

Background & Word Study

Mark 14:12 InterlinearMk 14:12 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear with parsing for the Supper narrative.

Gospel of Mark Summary (Overview Video)Gospel of Mk Summary (Overview Video) BibleProject

Animated overview of Mark's Gospel framing its Passion week.

The Church Fathers

Mark 14 - Catena Bible & CommentariesMk 14 - Catena Bible & Commentaries Catena

Patristic comment on the institution of the Eucharist.

Sermons & Reflections

Love and Obedience - Journey with Jesus Journey with Jesus

Lectionary essay on Jesus' Maundy (mandate) that the disciples love one another.

Commentary on Mark 14:12-25Commentary on Mk 14:12-25 Working Preacher

Walks through the Passover preparations and the meal itself, including 'Take; this is my body.'

Art & Music

Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt Divinity Library) Vanderbilt

Curated fine-art, hymn, and image index for Maundy Thursday.

Study Hub

Holy / Maundy Thursday - The Text This Week Textweek

Aggregated commentary, worship, art, and music links for Maundy Thursday.

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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