Question about The Last Supper?

Question

When Jesus and the twelve disciples sat down for the Last Supper, all of them including, Jesus were Jews. All of them, as far as I can tell were brought up in traditional Jewish homes, which observed the laws of the Torah. Since this group of Jewish men would have had knowledge of Kosher Laws regarding contact with blood. Why do you think that not one of them objected to being offered a cup of blood and human flesh (even symbolically). I think that the whole idea of ingesting the offered blood and body would have been anathema to them. All of the arguments about Jesus coming to change the law would not overcome a lifetime of religious training. Any ideas?

Answer 1

They were not offended nor did they find it objectionable because they had seen, heard, felt, and knew that Jesus was God in the flesh. They had also been present when Jesus spoke as recorded in John 6 about the body and the blood. They had seen many stop following Jesus after this pronouncement and they had been asked by Jesus will you also leave me? To which Peter replied, "Lord to whom shall we go?" They knew that the elements of the passover were representative of the offered flesh and blood that cleanses from sin and in the occasion of the Last Supper Jesus observed the normal Passover meal with two added aspects. First was the washing of the disciples feet, to which Peter objected, and was rebuffed. The second was the breaking of a last piece of bread and passing of a last cup after the main meal. And Jesus says for the second time to them this is my body, take and eat, and with the cup, this is my blood, take and drink all of you for I shall not eat or drink again until I eat it anew in my Fathers kingdom. Not one of them misunderstood, and not one of them objected because they knew it was right.

Answer 2

First, remember that Jesus' followers were a bunch of country bumpkins from the Galilee. These weren't exactly yeshiva students. The Christian Bible also has them violating the Sabbath.

Still, you would think they would be taken aback by the thought of "drinking blood" whether symbolic or not. How much more un-Jewish can it get then that?

The whole last supper story is quite odd. Why aren't there any women there? Have you ever seen a Passover seder attended by only 12 guys?

Answer 3

Jesus Is the Son of God He was born of Jewish Parents that does not make him a jew. Jesus was the Massiah He was here in body to teach of God's mercy, Grace and Forgivness. The Apostles were followers and believers in the teachings of Jesus which were not always the ways of the Jews that is one reason the Jews Crucified Him. The Apostles knew Jesus was Holy and perfect and that He is the Son of God so not to do what Jesus taught would be to go against God. the best I can do

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Excellent question (although Jesus did not come to change the law, Paul did that).

It does seem a little odd, doesn't it? Could this be a corruption introduced into the story at a later date? You know how the Church had to, from time to time in Roman days, make some compromises to get the pagans to join.

Answer 6

The jews seek for a sign- most likely they kept the tradition without understanding it. Also, at that time none of them but Christ knew what was about to happen-the actual fulfillment of the sign.

Answer 7

When Jesus spoke he deliberately spoke of things in a
memorable way to bring home an important point'
He came not to change thelaw but to fulfill it.
That is a bit different as you will see from the following

http://www.lccs.edu/~ghall/resources/christian_and_the_law.htm

Answer 8

The passover meal is an all-night affair and probably would have taken place outside.
Jesus was born a Jew and died a Jew. He taught the Judaism he learned from Gamaliel and Shammai.

Answer 9

It may seem hard to accept for everyone but I feel you need to do it as he suggested, in memory of him with respect for his legacy, with prayer, and focused on ingesting in a spiritual sense, the "nature of the Christ".
using the symbols of his body and blood in the bread and wine.

John 6:48 I am the bread of life. 49Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. 50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

52Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

53Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever." 59He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Answer 10

As you said_Jesus offered his blood and body symbolically!