“I've been really looking forward to eating this Passover meal with you before my sufferings begin.
But I have a baptism to go through, and I'm in agony, wishing it was over!
When the time came, he sat down at the table with his apostles. He told them,
I tell you I shall not eat it again until the time is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
It was the day before the Passover festival, and Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world and go to his Father. He had loved those in the world who were his own, and he now demonstrated his complete love for them.
When Jesus finished saying this he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you.
Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.