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CHAPTER XVIII

T HE reader will do well to skip this chapter.
If it were written to prove Scripture to be
wrong, it would be interesting; and, moreover,
it would betoken "culture," and might even
attract the notice of the newspapers. But as its
object is merely to defend Holy Writ on a
subject about which enough has been written
against it to fill a bookcase, it is really not worth
reading.

The first three Gospels agree that the Lord's
Supper was instituted at the Jewish Passover on
the night before the Crucifixion. 1 Here is
Matthew's testimony:--

"On the first day of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou

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1 Theories of an "anticipatory celebration" by the Lord and
His disciples on the 31th Nisan, or a deferred celebration by the
leaders of the Jews on the 15th, are preposterous. Here I will
but refer my readers to Dr. Edersheim Life and Times of the
Messiah, a book which ought to be an "end of controversy" on
the subject of the present chapter.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Bible and Modern Criticism. Contributors: Robert Anderson - author. Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1902. Page Number: 232.
    
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