S4: Week 39 Day 3: Annotating Luke 22:14-20

Summary

Podcast Summary: A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace

Episode: S4: Week 39 Day 3: Annotating Luke 22:14-20
Date: September 24, 2025
Hosts: Alexa & Beth (The Daily Grace Co.)

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode centers around a thoughtful annotation of Luke 22:14-20, focusing on the Last Supper. Hosts Alexa and Beth explore how this pivotal New Testament passage illustrates Jesus' humanity, His deep love for the disciples, and introduces the profound connection between the Passover meal and the new covenant. The discussion aims to help listeners see Christ as both present and central throughout the whole of Scripture, tying together Old and New Testament themes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Reading of Luke 22:14-20

[00:48 – 01:32]

• Alexa reads the full passage describing the Last Supper.
• Jesus expresses His fervent desire to share the Passover meal with His disciples, aware of His impending suffering.
• He shares bread and wine, symbolizing His body and blood, and commissions the disciples to remember Him through this act.

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Annotating the Text: Seeing Christ’s Humanity

[01:33 – 02:12]

• Beth observes how Jesus’ words reveal His humanity:

  "He says, 'I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.' And I just love that it really brings out the humanity of Christ."
  (Beth, 01:35)

• Jesus is aware this is His last meal with the disciples, bringing a relatable emotion akin to a farewell dinner before a big change or goodbye.
• Beth highlights the sentimental aspect, comparing it to “the last time that you go to dinner with a friend who is moving away or...hang out with your college friends before you all graduate.”
• Jesus’ deep love and connection with His closest followers is front and center, a model of relational love that extends to all His followers.

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The Passover and the New Covenant

[02:13 – 02:51]

• Alexa reflects:

  "I never thought about that before, Beth. I love that Jesus's choice to eat this meal with his disciples is such a sweet picture of his love and fellowship."
  (Alexa, 02:12)

• Beth explains the significance of Jesus naming the meal the “Passover Meal”:
  • The original Passover was linked to God’s deliverance of Israel and the establishment of the Mosaic Covenant.
  • Jesus’s words and actions hint at a “new Passover meal,” now tied to the new covenant, as He is about to usher in a new era of redemption.
• Though Beth briefly touches on this Old Testament connection, the discussion is left intentionally open for a deeper exploration in tomorrow’s episode.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Jesus’ Humanity:

  "We just really get a glimpse of how much Jesus loved his disciples and that really shows us how much he loves us."
  (Beth, 01:58)

• On Fellowship at the Table:

  "Jesus's choice to eat this meal with his disciples is such a sweet picture of his love and fellowship."
  (Alexa, 02:12)

• On the Passover Connection:

  "So here we have another Passover meal, a new Passover meal, and a discussion of a new covenant."
  (Beth, 02:46)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:48 – 01:32: Reading of Luke 22:14-20
• 01:33 – 02:12: Beth annotates Jesus’ humanity and emotional connection
• 02:12 – 02:51: Discussion of the Passover’s significance and hints at the new covenant

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Episode Flow & Tone

The episode is intimate, reflective, and conversational. The hosts keep the discussion personal and relatable, modeling how to annotate Scripture and encouraging listeners to find Jesus—His love, humanity, and redemptive purpose—woven on every page. The anticipation built for the next episode offers a gentle cliffhanger, promising more connections between the Old and New Testaments.

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Looking Ahead

Listeners are invited to tune in for the following episode, which will connecting Luke 22:14-20 with Jeremiah 31:31-34, unpacking further the new covenant promise.

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Transcript

[Host]

Welcome to A Year in the Bible with daily grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

[Narrator]

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire biblical story, but but the center of it.

[Alexa]

Hi friends. Welcome back to Year in the Bible. My name is Alexa and I'm here with my co host, Beth.

[Beth]

Hello.

Today we're going to be talking about this week's New Testament passage, which is Luke 22:14 20. So before we get into the annotations, will you read that passage for us, Alexa? Yes.

[Alexa]

When the hour came, he reclined at the table and the apostles with him. Then he said to them, I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. Then he took a cup and after giving thanks, he said, take this and share it among yourselves. For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way, he also took the cup after supper and said, this cup is the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you. So Beth, tell us about how you annotated this passage.

[Beth]

Yeah, so when I was looking for things that point to Christ, I made a note of how Jesus begins his speech here. He says, I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. And I just love that it really brings out the humanity of Christ. He knew what was going to happen to him after this meal. He knew that this was the last time that he would gather and eat with his best friends. And he was sentimental about it. And it's just such a relatable image. Obviously it's more extreme than this, but it is like the last time that you go to dinner with a friend who is moving away or the last time you hang out with your college friends before you all graduate. We just really get a glimpse of how much Jesus loved his disciples and that really shows us how much he loves us.

[Alexa]

I never thought about that before, Beth. I I love that Jesus's choice to eat this meal with his disciples is such a sweet picture of his love and fellowship. Did you annotate anything else?

[Beth]

Yes. The last thing I wanted to focus on is the last prompt which asks us to highlight the name Jesus gives this meal in verse 15 and he calls it the Passover Meal and want to say too too much about this today because I know we're going to discuss it in detail tomorrow, but I'll just say that the original Passover meal and Passover event takes place just before God establishes the Mosaic Covenant with Israel. So here we have another Passover meal, a new Passover meal, and a discussion of a new covenant.

[Alexa]

Wednesdays always leave me wanting more, so I'm excited for our discussion tomorrow and we hope you join us then as we connect Jeremiah 31:31 34 and Luke 22:14 20 together unto.

[Narrator]

Thank you for listening to today's episode of a Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode, and make sure you're following a daily Grace Podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.