{"id":9010,"date":"2025-04-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9010"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:11:53","slug":"its-maundy-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9010","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Maundy Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s Maundy Thursday, and I don&#8217;t think I can improve on what I shared back in 2022 except to add the scripture references from John 13 &#8211; 17.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png?resize=446%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png?w=446&amp;ssl=1 446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many images from Maundy Thursday \u2013 we especially remember Jesus\u2019 initiation of \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper\u201d or \u201cCommunion\u201d or \u201cThe Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, \u201cI have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.\u201d And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, \u201cTake this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.\u201d And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u201d And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, \u201cThis cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.\u201d (Luke 22.14 \u2013 20, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the bread and the wine, John\u2019s Gospel, chapters 13 \u2013 17, records a lot that Jesus said and did that night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He washed the disciples\u2019 feet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2013%3A1%20-%2020&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 13.1 &#8211; 20<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He told them to love each other. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2013%3A34%20-%2035&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 13.34, 35<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He promised the Holy Spirit. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2014%3A15%20-%2017&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 14.15 &#8211; 17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2015%3A26-27&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15.26 &#8211; 27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2016%3A7-15&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16.7 &#8211; 15<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He explained the vine and the branches. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2015%3A1-17&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 15.1 &#8211; 17<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He prayed for them (and us!). (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2017&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John 17<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good night, and worth thinking about as we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Do this in remembrance of me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Maundy Thursday, and I don&#8217;t think I can improve on what I shared back in 2022 except to add the scripture references from John 13 &#8211; 17. So many images from Maundy Thursday \u2013 we especially remember Jesus\u2019 initiation of \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper\u201d or \u201cCommunion\u201d or \u201cThe Eucharist.\u201d And when the hour came, he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s Maundy Thursday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-2lk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9012,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9010\/revisions\/9012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}