Jesus drank the fourth cup on the cross

The Last Supper follows the Mishnaic Passover seder. Jesus drank three cups, skipped the fourth, and completed it on the cross with sour wine on hyssop.
All Bible study articles in reverse chronological order. Hebrew, Greek, and mathematical analysis of Scripture.

The Last Supper follows the Mishnaic Passover seder. Jesus drank three cups, skipped the fourth, and completed it on the cross with sour wine on hyssop.

God writes between three and five times in Scripture. Every instance follows the same pattern: man profanes what belongs to God, God responds with his finger.

Moses and Paul share the same structure: wrong education, a catalytic death, a visual encounter with God, prepared ground, and 3,000 at Shavuot.

Matthew traces Joseph's legal line through Jeconiah, cursed in Jeremiah 22:30. Luke traces Mary's bloodline through Nathan. Only a virgin birth satisfies both.

5 times in Scripture the first answer is no. 3 involve intercession for others. All five require persistence. Faith is emunah: holding steady, not praying once.

Chiasm, equidistant letter sequences, and inclusio form a structural signature across the Bible. Bet from Genesis and Nun from Revelation spell Ben: Son.

The first time the Bible uses a word it sets the definition. Love is a father's sacrifice. Hate is for enemies. Faith is standing firm in battle.

The word church or churches appears 111 times in the King James New Testament. Not one of them refers to a building.

The first 262 digits of Pi, e, and Phi each sum to 1192. 262 is the gematria of ha'arown, the ark of the covenant.

Jesus answers John's question by pointing to his works. Every one matches Isaiah. Every one does something no human had ever done before.