Resurrected Jesus in Luke

What was Christ's resurrected body like? Like us, he ate (Luke 24.41). Like his previous ministry, Christ instructed the disciples (Luke 24.44).  And the disciples were able to touch him (Luke 24.39). He was, as he said, "No ghost."
The resurrected Lord had overcome death; yet, he was still human and divine as before.  May we listen for his risen teaching and his final instructions (Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 21; and Acts 1.1-11).

Maundy Thursday - John 13

Popular understanding and the story we've received tell us that the Thursday of Holy Week should commemorate Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples and the insitution of the sacrament Lord's Supper.  And yet, by name, the word Maundy draws us to other locales in the scriptures.

Maundy means mandate, from the Latin mandare.  Jesus institutes a sacrament and delivers a new commandment: "love one another" (John 13.34).  In addition to loving the Lord our God and our neighbors, we are to love one another.  This is so that the world will know that we are Jesus' disciples (John13.35).

As you think about this Thursday, think not only about the Lord's Supper, but, as a disciple of Jesus, think of the commandment given in the upper room.