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The Last Supper

Lukechapter 22

71 verses · Luke · about AD 62 · The Gospels

The text, verse by verse

Each word shows the Greek, the English under it, how it sounds and its Strong’s number.

Satan Enters Judas; the Room Prepared

This Is My Body: the Table and the Betrayer

Greatness, Sifting Like Wheat, and Two Swords

Prayer on the Mount of Olives

22:43

Two of the most intense verses in the Gospels are missing from some of the earliest manuscripts and present in others, and there is a serious argument that they were removed rather than added, because they show Jesus in anguish.

  • An early Luke papyrus (P75) and Codex Vaticanus (3rd, 4th centuries): Without the two verses, the prayer is followed directly by Jesus rising and coming to the disciples.
  • Codex Sinaiticus (4th century, with later corrections): The original scribe wrote the verses; a corrector marked them for removal; a later corrector reinstated them. The manuscript preserves the dispute in its own margins.
  • Codex Bezae and Old Latin manuscripts (5th century and later, reflecting an older Western text): The verses in full.
  • Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Hippolytus (about AD 150-235): Refer to the bloody sweat, the earliest evidence of any kind for this passage, predating every surviving manuscript on either side.
  • A number of later Greek manuscripts (9th century onward): Include the verses but mark them with critical symbols in the margin, showing that scribes knew some copies lacked them.
What the manuscripts read at Luke 22:43-44

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Greek words in this chapter

The 40 most used Greek words of the chapter, counted by lemma. The article, the object marker, the negatives and the common prepositions are left out.

WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
ἔπωépōhaving said28G2036
λέγωlégōto say17G3004
μέfor us16G3165
ΠέτροςPétrospeter8G4074
γίνομαιgínomaiwas come8G1096
ἄνθρωποςánthrōposa man7G444
πάσχαpáschaPassover lamb6G3957
ἀρχιερεύςarchiereúschief priests6G749
τίςtíswho6G5101
παραδίδωμιparadídōmihe may betray5G3860
ἰδούidoúbehold5G2400
κύριοςkýrioslord5G2962
εἰσέρχομαιeisérchomaito enter4G1525
πορεύομαιporeúomaihaving gone4G4198
ἑτοιμάζωhetoimázōdo prepare4G2090
ἵναhínathat4G2443
φάγωphágōto eat4G5315
μέγαςmégaslarge4G3173
ἕωςhéōsuntil4G2193
βασιλείαbasileíakingdom4G932
WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
θεόςtheósGod4G2316
ποτήριονpotḗrioncup4G4221
υἱόςhuiósson4G5207
κάθημαιkáthēmaito sit4G2521
ἔχωνechonhaving4G2192
μάχαιραmáchairasword4G3162
προσεύχομαιproseúchomaito pray4G4336
ἸησοῦςIēsoûsto jesus4G2424
ἸούδαςIoúdasjudas3G2455
δώδεκαdṓdekatwelve3G1427
δίδωμιdídōmito give3G1325
ἔρχομαιérchomaicame3G2064
ἡμέραhēméraday3G2250
ἀκολουθέωakolouthéōto follow3G190
οἰκίαoikíahome3G3614
μαθητήςmathētḗsdisciples3G3101
ὥραhṓrahour3G5610
νῦνnŷnnow3G3568
πλήνplḗnbut3G4133
διακονέωdiakonéōserving3G1247

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Sources for this chapter

The Greek text

STEP Bible, the tagged Greek text and its English glosses and James Strong, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.

The painting

The Last Supper, Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain