Luke 22:7-13
7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
10 He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
14 When the
Reflection
In our scripture today, we see the preparation for Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. The fun part about this is that the word used for the Upper Room is the same word the
historian Luke uses to describe the inn (or guest room) in the birth narrative. A pastor once commented that if there were a real innkeeper who did as we thought and turned Mary and Joseph away for one reason or another but upon hearing about the ministry of Jesus Christ it all came back to him. The star, the cries, and a newborn baby that he turned away. Repenting from his turning the Lord away, he invites Jesus and his friends to come and be his guest and this is where Jesus sends the disciples. Even if the inn
keeper is not real, this is a great reminder of the grace that God has bestowed on us in Jesus Christ. No matter if you have denied access to Jesus we can still turn and welcome him. What hope do you find in looking at the story in this way?
