Dr Jeremias argues that the historical truth can be detected beneath the traditions preserved in the New Testament about the Last Supper. It was a climax of a series of Messianic meals, this time a passover meal. Jesus himself abstained, in anticipation of the new Exodus, to be initiated by the breaking of his body and the outpouring of his blood, but at it the disciples received a share in the atoning power of their Lord's sufferings.
- ISBN10 0334004144
- ISBN13 9780334004141
- Publish Date 30 April 2012 (first published 1 October 1977)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint SCM Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 280
- Language English