Jesus and the Twelve Begin Passover

The human writers of the four gospels stress different portions and none of them seem to be overly concerned with the chronological order of events. Matthew and Mark limit their whole comment on the Passover to “while they were eating” as an introduction to what became the Lord’s Supper. Luke seems to concentrate on the central elements of the evening and disregard the order of the Seder while John concentrates on the teaching passages.

For example, Luke begins with Jesus’s comment focusing the event on its fulfillment in the Kingdom while Matthew keeps it in its chronological place. Luke then moves to the elements that became the Lord’s Supper, focusing on that of greatest value to later Church practice, rather than the traditional Passover. Then, it seems he continues with secondary thoughts, ranking his information by significance rather than chronology.

It seems that John drifts from the chronological sequence for his own purposes. For the next three chapters he concentrates on the teachings and doesn’t discuss the sequence of events. He begins his record by telling us that Judas had already been prompted by Satan to betray Jesus.