HARMONY OF THE FOUR GOSPELS, AND St. Paul's First

THE PREPARATIONS

FOR THE

PASSOVER,

AND THE

St. MATTHEW.

ST. MARK. xxvi. 17-20.

xiv. 12–17. Now the first day of the And the first day of unfeast of unleavened bread leavened bread, when the disciples came to Je- they killed the passover, sus, saying unto him, his disciples said unto Where wilt thou that we him, Where wilt thou prepare for thee to eat

that we go and prepare, the passover ?

that thou mayest eat the And he said, Go into passover ? the city to such a man,

And he sendeth forth and say unto him, The two of his disciples, and Master saith, My time saith unto them, Go ye is at hand ; I will keep into the city, and there the passover at thy house shall meet you a man with my disciples. bearing a pitcher of wa

And the disciples did ter : follow him. as Jesus had appointed And wheresoever he them; and they made shall go in, say ye to the ready the passover. good man of the house,

Now when the even The Master saith, Where was come, he sat down is the guest-chamber, with the twelve.

where I shall eat the
passover with my disci-
ples ?
And he will show you
a large upper room fur-
nished and prepared :
there make ready for us.

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

COMMENCEMENT

OF THE

ANTEPAST;

OR, FIRST PART OF

PASCHAL SUPPER.

THE

ANTEPAST,

UNTIL ITS

CONCLUSION.

EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS, RELATING TO THE EUCHARIST.

St. LUKE.

St. John. xxii. 7–14.

xiii. 1. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare ?

And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet

Now before the feast of you, bearing a pitcher of the passover, when Jesus water: follow him into

knew that his hour was the house where he en- come that he should detereth in.

part out of this world And ye shall say unto

unto the Father, having the good man of the loved his own which house, The Master saith were in the world, he unto thee, Where is the loved them unto the end. guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ?

And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

xxii. 15. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and di

xiii. 2. vide it among yourselves:

For I say unto you, I And supper being ended will not drink of the fruit (the devil having now of the vine, until the put into the heart of kingdom of God shall Judas Iscariot, Simon's come.

son, to betray him,)

HARMONY OF THE FOUR GOSPELS, AND St. Paul's First

EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS, RELATING TO THE EUCHARIST.

ST. PAUL.

ST. LUKE.

St. John.

xiii.4-16. xxii. 24-30.

He riseth from supper, And there was also a and laid aside his girstrife among them, which ments; and took a towel, of them should be ac

and girded himself : counted the greatest. After that he poureth

And he said unto them, water into a bason, and The kings of the Gen- began to wash the discitiles exercise lordship ples' feet, and to wipe over them; and they that them with the towel exercise authority upon wherewith he was girded. them are called bene- Then cometh he to factors.

Simon Peter : and Peter But ye shall not be so : said unto him, Lord, but he that is greatest dost thou wash my feet ? among you, let him be

Jesus answered and said as the younger; and he unto him, What I do thou that is chief, as he that knowest notnow;but thou doth serve.

shalt know hereafter. For whether is greater, Peter saith unto him, he that sitteth at meat, Thou shalt never wash or he that serveth ? is not my feet. Jesus answered he that sitteth at meat ? him, If I wash thee not, but I am among you as thou hastnopart with me. he that serveth.

Simon Peter saith unto Ye are they which have him, Lord, not my feet continued with me in my only, but also my hands temptations :

and my head. And I appoint unto you Jesus saith to him, He a kingdom, as my Father that is washed needethnot hath appointed unto me; save to wash his feet, but

That ye may eat and is clean every whit: and drink at my table in my ye are clean, but not all. kingdom, and sit For he knew who should thrones judging the betray him: therefore said twelve tribes of Israel. he, Ye are not all clean.

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well ; for so I am.

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed yourfeet; ye also ought to wash one another's

feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his

neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

on

lord ;

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HARMONY OF THE FOUR GOSPELS, AND St. Paul's FIRST

St. MATTHEW. ST. MARK.
xxvi. 21-25.

xiv. 18-21. THE LAMB BROUGHT IN And as they did eat, he And as they sat and did

said, Verily I say unto eat, Jesus said, Verily I

you, that one of you shall say unto you, One of you THE SECOND PART OF betray me.

which eateth with me And they were exceed- shall betray me. PASSOVER. ing sorrowful, and began And they began to be

every one of them to say sorrowful, and to say ununto him, Lord, is it I ? to him one by one, Is it

And he answered and I? and another said, Is said, He that dippeth his it I ?

hand with me in the dish, And he answered and THE

the same shall betray me. said unto them, It is one

The Son of man goeth, of the twelve, that dipPROPHECY as it is written of him : peth with me in the dish.

but woe unto that man The Son of man indeed

by whom the Son of man goeth, as it is written of OF THE BETRAYAL OF

is betrayed ! it had been him: but woe to that

good for that man if he man by whom the Son of JESUS

had not been born. man is betrayed ! good

Then Judas, which be- were it for that man if trayed him, answered and he had never been born.

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