Why Did Jesus Drink Three Cups at the Last Supper?

When we take the Lord's Supper we eat the bread and drink the cup. But did you ever noticed Luke has Jesus drinking wine, eating bread and then drinking the cup? Two cups? Well, the reality is Jewish people drank four cups of wine at Passover but Jesus drank three. Paul tells us which cup Jesus drank from to institute the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 10 and what that means for us will blow your mind! The Jewish people have a lot of traditions around Passover that go back 2000+ years and were in play when Jesus was alive. I can't wait to hear your reaction to this bit of history and biblical interpretation! Feel free to share your reaction in the comments of the video!

Why did Jesus drink three cups? What does that mean for us today? I believe the answer will surprise you and give you so much hope!

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[wingchun]

Jesus in the garden Gethsemane said take this cup away from me, yet not as I will.

On the Cross, the Romans gave him myrrh to drink to deaden his pain but he refused it.

As he was about to die he said, " I thirst" and, with a hyssop branch- used in Exodus to mark the blood of the lamb on the lintels, gave him wine vinegar to drink.
My after he drank it he said IT is finished .
The passover meal was finished.
He drank from the fourth cup on the cross.
Our redemption doesn't begin until he resurrects. Rom 4:25

Jesus could have drunken the fourth cup when he saw the 11 on Easter sunday, but he didn't and no one asked him about it.
That's how the RCC explains it.

[hebrewgreek]

“The Cup of Blessing” is a rabbinic, Hebrew term that refers to the cup of wine after a meal over which a set of special blessings are recited/sung. “The Cup of Blessing” comes after any communal meal that includes bread. Jewish meals began/begin with a blessing over bread and end with the “Cup of Blessing” after eating the meal (in fulfillment of Deut 8:10). In Hebrew the term “Cup of Blessing” is כּוֹס שֶׁל בְּרָכָה Kos Shel Bracha. The blessings recited over this cup are commonly referred to as Birkat HaMazon. Today, there are 4 blessings sung here; in Jesus’ day and even before then, there were 3.

The fact that this happened after all meals that included bread (which was most meals) indicates and explains why Jesus says, “Whenever you do this.” The Cup of Blessing was (and still is) one of the cups at the Passover Seder, but this particular cup is also used for meals all throughout the year. So, most of the time they would not have been doing this with unleavened bread; only during the week of Passover would they have used unleavened bread.

[ZenithMusicProductions]

hi i just wanna know... how about the cup that he drank on the cross?

[dwighthaas]

There are two accounts that Jesus states in relation to the 4th cup, Matt.26:29 & Luke 22:18.
In Matt. Jesus speaks of "I will not drink ofbtjis fruit of the vine from now on until I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom", while in Luke "I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes".
But Jesus did partake of wine one more time...at his death, maybe. Jesus was offered wine twice. The first time mixed with gall, to relieve pain, which he regused, the second time it is called sour wine, which was either vinegar, which was wine in its final stage or sour wine, wine turning into vinegar or cheap wine that the soldiers were probably drinking.
The significance is that if wine, it fulfills the last cup, which meant to the Jews "I will take", which meant acceptance, which is linked to Hallel (song of praise), which united all kingdoms at His death and in His blood.
Of course if just vinegar, Jesus could have been referring to a future time for the 4th cup beyond the grave in the heavenly kingdom.

[greenhaven-podcast]

What kind of bread did the Lord use at the Last Supper?

Our earliest witness, St. Paul, witnesses that the Lord “took bread”, that is, leavened bread, αρτος(I Corinthians 11.23, 26, 27). As for the three Synoptic Evangelists (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25 and Luke 22:19-20), Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Jordanville writes: “All three describe this event in approximately the same way. The Lord ‘took’ the bread, blessed it, broke it and distributed it among the disciples, saying: ‘Take, eat; this is My Body.’ The word bread’ here is ‘artos [αρτος]’ in Greek, which means ‘raised bread’, bread that has been leavened on yeast, as opposed to ‘azymon [αζυμων]’, as the unleavened bread used by the Jews at Pascha was called. It must be assumed that such bread had been specially prepared on the Lord’s instructions, in order to establish the new Mystery. The significance of this bread lies in that it is as it were alive, symbolizing life, as opposed to unleavened bread, which is dead.”

Peter, Patriarch of Antioch, explained the significance of the use of leavened bread in his correspondence with the Venetian Archbishop Dominic of Grado in 1052. Unleavened bread (αζυμα), he said, was prescribed for the Jews in remembrance of their hasty flight from Egypt, “so that, remembering the wonders that God had done among them, they would abide by His commandments and never forget His deeds. But the perfectly leavened loaf (αρτος) - which through the ritual is made into the undefiled Body of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ – is given in remembrance of His dispensation in the flesh. ‘For whenever you eat this loaf (αρτος) and drink this cup, ’ he says, ‘you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes’ (I Corinthians 11.26). Now notice, most holy brother-in-spirit, that in all these places a loaf (αρτος), and not matzo [unleavened bread, αζυμα], is proclaimed to be the Body of the Lord, because it is complete and full (αρτιον). But matzo is dead and lifeless and in all ways incomplete. But when the leaven is introduced into the wheaten dough, it becomes, as it were, living and substantial.”

[chrisjami]

“It is Psalm 118 that contains the words, ‘The stone
which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. i believe this was the song... 🙏🏻

[evamariachristus]

One of their customs is to drink wine at weddings. At the wedding where JC changed water to wine the drinkers felt that the best wine was kept until the end. So typical of alcoholics that they would think that the best was kept until the end. They were probably so drunk already that they could not tell the difference in the taste of the wine.

[emrakultheaeonstorn]

The Stanley Cup lore that is… 2054 years ago Jesus drank from a cup at the last supper. On his way out he tossed the cup in the dishes and went about to save us. That cup was washed and looked after by disciples and followers until it ended up in the hands of the Templars where it was bought hidden stolen and finally made its way to Canada on a viking ship where it was passed down from generations until Lord Stanley of Preston discovered it in Montreal had it engraved and presented it to Canada upon the winner of the 1893 Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup.

[btgaston]

I thought the 4th cup was the wine from the branch of hyssop on the cross?

[GCMu]

THE VINEGAR THE LORD GOT WAS ALSO CONSIDERED THE 4TH CUP ....LET THIS CUP BE OOOH LORD!!!

[datepalm]

Contrary to widespread misinterpretation of the word 'wine' in the Bible text, for example, when Christ changed water into wine at the marriage in Cana of Galilee (John 2:1-11), the applicable definition of the word 'wine' is 'unfermented' (i.e. non-alcoholic) grape juice! 

Like many other words in the Bible text, the word 'wine' in the Bible text has a wide range of definitions, and as is the case of all other words in all ancient and modern languages of the world which have multiple definitions, the applicable definition is always determined by the context in which a particular word is used, and the context is contained in the text that surrounds the particular word. For example, the word 'table' in the English vocabulary may be used as: a noun (e.g. furniture, or a set of facts or figures systematically displayed in rows and columns); or as a verb (e.g. table a report for discussion or consideration at a meeting). 

The word 'wine' in the Bible text has a range of definitions. If the word 'wine' is used in a 'negative' context, it refers to 'alcoholic' wine (e.g. Genesis 9:21; Genesis 19:32; Proverbs 23:29-35; Proverbs 31:1-9; Luke 1:15; Acts 2:13; etc). However, if the same word 'wine' is used in a 'positive' context, it refers to 'unfermented' fruit juice which was typically 'unfermented' grape juice (e.g. Genesis 14:18; Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Song of Solomon 5:1; John 2:1-11; 1 Timothy 3:8; Revelation 6:6; etc). 

Notice that scriptures in the Bible explicitly state that the word 'wine' in some instances applies to 'unfermented' grape juice that is: –

🔹In the wine presses, and therefore, is 'unfermented' (Isaiah 16:10); 

🔹Contained in the cluster [of grapes] before the grapes are harvested (Isaiah 65:8). 

When Christ instituted the communion at the last supper during the night of the Passover (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-20), the 'cup' contained 'unfermented' (i.e. non-alcoholic) grape juice—OBVIOUSLY!!! It is inconceivable that Christ would use a 'fermented' (i.e. alcoholic) beverage which represents corruption, to depict His incorruptible life-blood. 

At the last supper during the night of the Passover, Christ drank only one (1) cup of 'unfermented' grape juice which is described by several terms in the New Testament of the Bible for the purpose of informing various aspects of that 'wine' which depicts the life sacrifice of Christ. 

Giving thanks for the cup (Luke 20:17) does not infer that that particular cup was different from the cup of the New Testament (Luke 20:20), or was different from the cup of blessing (1 Corinthians 10:16), etc. It was one (1) cup that depicted several aspects or facets of the life sacrifice of Christ. 

The word 'bread' in the New Testament of the Bible can refer to either 'leavened' or 'unleavened' bread, and the disambiguation is easily determined from the context in which the said word is used, which is contained in the surrounding text. Therefore, the word 'bread' in Luke 22:17-20 obviously refers to the 'unleavened' bread because on Nisan 14 which was immediately PRIOR TO the day of the Passover on the TRUE date of Nisan 15, all leaven (yeast) and leavened products (e.g. leavened bread), and anything else that was fermented by yeast, potentially including fermented grape juice (see Note below), was removed from the house in which Christ and His disciples celebrated the Passover (i.e. there was neither leaven (yeast) nor leavened products (e.g. leavened bread, fermented/alcoholic wine, etc), in the house in which Christ and His disciples celebrated the Passover! 

Note: It is highly unlikely that alcoholic wine was present in the house in which Christ and His twelve disciples celebrated the Passover, because it is highly likely that the owner of the said house was a Godly person who therefore, did not consume alcoholic beverages. 

Also, remember that the day of Passover was also the first (1st) day of the seven-day long Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:15-20) which 'began' at sunset on Nisan 15, and 'ended' at sunset on the twenty-first (21st) day of Nisan; i.e. Nisan 21 (see Exodus 12:18). Therefore, leaven (yeast) or leavened products (e.g. leavened bread, fermented grape juice, etc) were NOT permitted to be in the upper room in which Christ and His twelve disciples were celebrating the Passover, nor in any other parts of the house (Mark 14:12-17).

On a side note, following the death of Christ, the 'ceremonial' aspect of the Feasts of the Lord of the Old Covenant in the Old Testament, which were a shadow of the New Covenant (see Colossians 2:16-17), were abolished because to the New Testament saints, Christ became the Passover, and He 'tabernacles' with the New Testament saints, and He atones for their sins, etc. Therefore, the ceremonial aspects of the 7-day long Feast of Unleavened Bread was also abolished at the death of Christ.

The observance of the weekly Sabbath is also abolished because the New Testament saints have entered into God's 'rest' when they received God's Holy Spirit like the disciples in the Bible on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4; 2:17-18; 2:33; 2:37-40; 1 Corinthians 14:21-22; Isaiah 28:11-12; etc).

It is strongly emphasised that in order to qualify as a New Testament saint, it is absolutely essential for the individual to repent, be baptized, and receive God's Holy Spirit like the disciples in the Bible with the visible and audible manifestation or sign of speaking in 'other' (foreign, unknown to the person who is speaking) 'tongues' (languages) (Acts 2:1-4; 2:17-18; 2:33; 2:37-40; etc).

The passage of scripture that begins in 1 Corinthians 11:17 and ends in 1 Corinthians 14:40, is a 'mandatory' procedure for all 'church meetings' which is indicated by the phrase 'when you come together' or similar. This phrase is stated seven (7) times in the above passage of scripture that should not have any chapter divisions because it is on the same topic of a church meeting (i.e. when you come together).

The passage of scripture in 1 Corinthians 11:17 through 14:40 'appears' to state that not all believers speak in tongues, heal, work miracles, prophesy, etc, but that is stated in the context of a church meeting that MUST include 2 or at most 3 messages in tongues by course (i.e. consecutively), and each followed by an interpretation (1 Corinthians 14:27), and also 2 or at most 3 prophesies (1 Corinthians 14:29).

Notice that 1 Corinthians 14:37 is explicit that the procedures for all church meetings (i.e. when you come together), which are described in 1 Corinthians 11:17 – 14:40, are the 'commandments of God' (see 1 Corinthians 14:37), and are therefore, mandatory!

The so-called church organisations that identify as Christians, but do not comply with the procedures in 1 Corinthians 11:17 – 14:40, do so at their peril.

If you have not done so already, I urge you to find a local Pentecostal-type church that will assist you to repent, be baptised of your own will, and receive God's Holy Spirit like the disciples in the Bible on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:37-40).

[Thegrandseeker]

It is mentioned that He took 2 cups, why do you keep saying 3 cups? .. i heard a priest saying that it was only 2 cups as in the times of Christ they only drank the first, 3rd and 4th cup only

[Rose-vqjp]

Some say 5 cups, some.say 4 cups, and some say 3 cups. So how many cups actually that Jesus drink?

[shobhanapeters]

Wow! Thank you brother I always wonder why even in messianic synogaug they take 4 cups, and I think those days in Lord Jesus days they might have used bread like pita or chappati like from India.
If there is no store bought element, they use chappati which is unleavened bread in India. Matzah looks like machine made not in Lord Jesus time.

[roddumlauf]

A disagreement. Jesus drinks the 4th "Cup" on the Cross. Jesus said, I thirst, so they put wine on a sponge and held it up to Him on a hyssop branch. He drank from the fruit of the vine. Then He said "It is finished". What is finished ? Jesus transforms the Old Covenant Passover into the New Testament Passover, Holy Communion/The Eucharist (the Great Thanksgiving). The Passover Lamb has been sacrificed, Therefore let us keep the feast, as Paul says.

[questor]

There is no reference to Yeshua taking part in a civil feast such as Channukah, merely that he was in the Temple grounds during that time. The Feast of Dedication is not one of G-d's commanded feast days, and is merely mentioned as a time/place in John. This is crucial, as otherwise Channukah and Purim would be foreshadowing a part of Yeshua's ministry.

John 10:22-24 (KJV)
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

[suzannemoore]

Jesus didn’t celebrate Hanukkah. He walked on King Solomon’s portico.

[dalesmith]

it was one cup it was not many of cups he do not know the scriptures