Apostle Peter and the Last Supper Page #3

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Jesus summoned us

all to dine with him.

There was an inn.

There was an upper room

away from all eyes.

There was a table

set for 13.

I had walked

with Jesus,

seen many wondrous

and terrible things.

I thought I had become wise

and learned of the world,

burl was not prepared

to hear the secrets

this room would reveal.

Brother, join me.

Who would've thought that

two fishermen from Galilee

would be here

in this room?

My hands have lost

their roughness.

As have mine.

Do you miss it?

We're still

fishermen, Brother.

Now we cast our

nets for the Lord.

Who's supposed

to wash our feet?

Philip, you didn't arrange

for servants to wash our feet?

The Master did not tell me

to provide for servants.

Must you be

told everything?

Should we wash

our own feet?

Well, I'm not.

Well, where do we sit?

We should wait for the Master

to assign places of honor.

Well, why wait then?

The order is

always the same.

Judas, welcome.

Are the others

far behind?

They come.

It's been decided we'd wait

for the Master before we sit.

You can wait.

I've walked all day.

As have I.

And so we

sat, we talked, and we laughed,

even persecuted,

even hunted as we were.

We laughed because

Jesus was still with us.

And then he entered,

and then there

was no more laughter,

not for a long,

long time.

I have greatly desired

to eat this Passover with you

before I suffer;

for I tell you,

I will not eat it again

until it finds its fulfillment

in the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you,

O Lord, our God,

King of the universe,

who chose

and sanctified us

with your commandments

and who gave us appointed times

for happiness:
festivals.

And times for joy,

the day of this festival, Lord;

the festival of matzah.

He spoke

the prayer of joy and of thanks,

but there was no

joy in the room.

He was still a beacon

of love and light,

but over the rest of us

a shadow fell.

Take and eat.

This is my body,

which is broken for you.

Do this in

remembrance of me.

Drink from this cup,

all of you,

for this is my blood

of the new covenant,

which is shed for many

for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this in

remembrance of me.

So what did it mean,

the drinking of the wine

and the eating

of the bread?

This is the symbol

of the new covenant

in remembrance

of his death.

You are those who

stood by me in all my trials,

and I confer

on you a kingdom,

even as my Father

conferred his kingdom upon me.

Pete r-

Satan intends to sift

you like wheat,

but I have prayed

for you, Peter,

that your faith

may not fail.

And when you have

turned back, I say to you,

you will encourage

your brothers.

Lord, I am prepared to go

with you to prison and to death!

I tell you Peter,

before the rooster crows today,

you will disown me

three times.

No wonder you hate to

hear the crowing of the rooster.

I was a fool.

But you said

he forgave you.

Yes, later,

not that I deserved it.

So Jesus

became the sacrifice.

Yes, he was ushering

in the new covenant

that his death

would symbolize.

Do you understand?

Not really.

In time, you will.

So what happened next?

What does he do now?

I don't know.

He prepared a

wash basin like a servant?

But why?

it was to be-

one of his

last lessons to us.

If only I had

known it,

I would not

have hesitated

Lord?

You do not understand now,

but later you will understand

why I am doing this.

No Lord, you will

never wash my feet.

If I do not

wash your feet,

then you will have

no place in me.

He washed your feet?

That's madness!

Your Master,

your so-called living God,

why would he lower himself

to the duties of a slave?

No, no leader would lower

himself in his men's eyes.

But Jesus did

lower himself.

I do not understand.

Explain this to me.

Jesus was talking

about spiritual cleansing.

While we were arguing

about who was the greatest,

Jesus showed us

what loving,

humble service

looks like.

But if we are

to love one another,

then how could one

of your own betray Jesus?

What you speak of-

is the devil.

The devil?

What is this?

A dark serpent, Satan.

He works

against God's light,

cloaking the world

in violence,

hate, and distrust,

turning men against one another.

Sol am damned

as a soldier.

You have a choice,

Martinian.

The Lord has given

you a choice;

for God wills that

all men should be saved

It's not so easy.

The devil was

in your ranks.

Who was it?

How did it happen?

After the washing of

feet, the darkness was revealed to us.

I have washed your

feet as an example to you.

Now that you know it,

blessed are you if you do it.

A person who has taken a bath

needs only to wash his feet.

His whole body

is clean.

You are clean.

But I am not speaking

about all of you.

I know those

who I have chosen,

but all this is to bring about

what the Scripture said.

Even my close friend,

he who shared my bread,

has lifted up

his heel against me.

What does this

mean, Lord?

I am telling you now,

and I tell you the truth.

One of you

will betray me.

What is he saying?

That is impossible!

It cannot be!

A traitor amongst us?

Find the traitor! Tell me,

tell me who it is, Lord!

One of the twelve,

he who dips his hand

with me in the dish.

Here at this table,

sitting among us as a friend,

is a man

who will betray me.

And

as I looked around the table,

I saw the weakness

that lies in all men,

even us,

the twelve chosen by God.

We were not

above fear.

It was the worst

kind of fear:

not fear from without,

but fear from within.

So one by one,

I looked at them,

and I saw their fear.

No one was

closer to Jesus.

No one stood with cleaner

hands before him;

and yet, even he was

vulnerable to sin and fear,

as any of us.

A traitor?

How can that be?

I know that I have

no such inclination.

Am I not

above reproach?

I have been promised

a throne in your kingdom.

How could I betray the Master

who's dedicated his life

to love and unselfishness?

At times, my temper

has bested me.

James and I would have

called down fire from heaven

to smite the Samaritans,

so enraged were we

at their disrespect.

Will my pride

cause me to stumble?

My intolerance,

my bigotry?

Is it me, Lord?

There was

James, the other son of Zebedee,

so ferociously certain

that he could never fail Jesus;

now so afraid

that he could.

Show me this traitor.

Bring him to me, that I may

lay down mighty judgment

on his head!

You can sometimes

be too kind,

too forgiving.

I'm not encumbered

by such.

Some even see your mercy

as a sign of weakness.

It cannot be me

you speak of.

I'm sure of it.

Am I not one

of the sons of thunder?

Is my father not

an influential man?

I have been promised

a seat at your table,

along with

my brother, too.

How could either

of us betray you?

I was there

on the mountain.

I saw you transfigured.

John and I heard

the very voice of God.

Only three of us

can claim that.

Oh Lord, will my

righteous fury unbalance me?

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