Some believe the institution of the Eucharist could not have been on Thursday due to all the events of trials etc. Perhaps it could have been four days before the crucifixion by reference below:
“Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every one of your families must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household… You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present, it shall be slaughtered” – Exodus 12:3, 6
Procuring the lamb on the 10th day - Institution of the Eucharist on Tuesday. Slaughtering the lamb on the 14th day – Crucifixion of Jesus on Friday.
What do you guys think?
God bless,
Well, the problem with that is, is that the Gospel accounts do seem to imply that Jesus was tried and executed
on the next morning after the evening He held His final meal with the disciples. For instance, in the Gospel of Mark:
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” (14:12)
And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” (14:17-18)
And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” (14:22)
And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” (14:26-28)
And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” (14:32)
And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (14:41-43)
And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. (14:53-54)
And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate. (15:1)
