Section 3
was judged by the Sanhedrin late in the night. In the morning of the same day, He was delivered to Pilate to be judged by him and was sentenced to death. Then He was brought to Golgotha and crucified there at the third hour (today's nine o'clock) in the morning, remaining on the cross until the ninth hour (today's three o'clock) in the afternoon (Mark 15:16-41), for the fulfillment of the type of the Passover (Exo. 12:6-11).
In Luke 22:15 the Lord said to His disciples, "I have earnestly longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." The Greek words translated "I have earnestly longed" literally mean "with longing I have longed." The Lord longed to eat the Passover with the disciples before He suffered, that is, before He went to the cross. The eating and drinking in 22:15-18 were the keeping of the last feast of the Passover before the institution of the Lord's supper in verses 19 and 20.
ONE FEAST IN THREE STAGES
In verse 16 the Lord goes on to say, "For I tell you that I shall by no means eat it anymore until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." The pro noun "it" refers to the Passover in verse 15, which will be fully fulfilled in the coming kingdom of