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At the end of a Passover Seder, Jesus led the first “Lord’s Supper.” Then they “sang a hymn.” Most probably, they sang Psalm 118, the usual final hymn of the Passover hallel. If so, then just before his crucifixion, Jesus sang of the stone the builders rejected that became the cornerstone. He sang, “I will not die, but live” (verse 17).
- Sometimes we picture the Last Supper as a grim time with everyone, including Jesus, downcast and depressed. How does the idea of Jesus and the disciples singing a hymn of praise alter your perceptions of the tone of that evening? How do songs of praise fit into the serious, challenging times of life?
- How ironic for Jesus to sing “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD”—the very words he’d heard five days before at the Triumphal Entry. Do some prayerful imagining. What do you think was in Jesus’ heart as he sang the psalm’s final words: “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever”?
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