Tuesday Bible Study

Join us this coming Tuesday, March 31, as we near the end of our study of the Gospel of John. This will be Tuesday of Holy Week, so it's fitting that we turn our attention to chapters 13-17 of John and his moving account of the Last Supper.

All are most welcome! We gather downstairs in Trinity Commons from 1:15pm - 2:30pm. We follow an informal course published online by Yale Divinity School. For more information, contact Fr. Peter Helman, Rector (rector@standrewsbham.org)

Here's an excerpt from the study guide: 

We do not know for sure whether John knew the story of the Last Supper as we find it in the synoptic gospels and in 1 Corinthians 11. However there is considerable evidence that John had some understanding of Christ’s presence and power in some kind of eucharist—look at John 6, and the reference to the vine in John 15, and—written perhaps a little later than the rest of the gospel—the resurrection meal in John 21. Therefore what strikes us here is that in his account of the Last Supper John says nothing about the institution of the Eucharist or Lord’s Supper. The disciples are there; a meal is served; Judas gets ready to betray his master.