Luke22chapter 22

A new covenant

Pattern

Jeremiah promises a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, its law written in the heart and its sins remembered no more. The Lord takes its word for his own table, this cup is the new testament in my blood, and Hebrews quotes the promise at full length.

It is the longest Old Testament quotation in the New Testament. The covenant is made with named Israel and Judah in the text itself, and the church drinks of its cup at every communion; both facts stand in the words, and the page shows both.

1. Jeremiah 31:31-34

   A new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah

   The law in their inward parts; their sin remembered no more.

2. Luke 22:20 you are here

   This cup is the new testament in my blood

3. 1 Corinthians 11:25

   The cup handed on to the church

4. Hebrews 8:8-13

   The promise quoted at full length

   In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.

A lamb to the slaughter

Pattern

Isaiah's servant is wounded for our transgressions, brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and numbered with the transgressors. Matthew, the Lord himself at the table, the Ethiopian's chariot, and Peter's epistle all quote the same song, each taking a different verse of it.

Acts shows the chapter doing its work inside the canon itself: the eunuch asks of whom speaketh the prophet this, and Philip began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus. The song became the church's first recorded sermon outline from Scripture.

1. Isaiah 53:1-12

   The suffering servant's song

   Wounded for our transgressions; with his stripes we are healed.

2. Matthew 8:17

   Himself took our infirmities

3. Luke 22:37 you are here

   The Lord claims the verse at the table

   And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

4. Acts 8:32-35

   The Ethiopian's question answered

   Philip began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

5. 1 Peter 2:24-25

   By whose stripes ye were healed