Wonke umuntu ujwayele umfanekiso kaKristu njengomalusi omuhle newundlu likaNkulunkulu, kodwa iwundlu lePhasika liletha inkinga kumaKristu adla imifino. Ingabe iSidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina sasiyisidlo sePhasika lapho uKristu nabaphostoli badla khona inyama yewundlu?
AmaVangeli Ayisinothi (amathathu okuqala) abika ukuthi iSidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina senzeka ngobusuku bePhasika; lokhu kusho ukuthi uJesu nabafundi bakhe badla iwundlu lePhasika (Math. 26:17 , Mk. 16:16 , Luka. I-22: 13). Nokho, uJohane uthi iSidlo sakusihlwa senzeke ngaphambili: “Ngaphambi komkhosi wePhasika, uJesu ekwazi ukuthi isikhathi sakhe sase sifikile esuka kuleli zwe aye kuYise, . . . , wathatha ithawula, wabhinca.” (Joh. 13: 1-4). Uma ukulandelana kwezenzakalo kwakuhlukile, iSidlo Sokugcina sasingeke sibe isidlo sePhasika. Isazi-mlando esiyiNgisi uGeoffrey Rudd, encwadini yakhe enhle kakhulu ethi Why Kill for Food? inikeza ikhambi elilandelayo lemfumbe yewundlu lePhasika: Isidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina senzeka ngoLwesine, ukubethelwa esiphambanweni - ngakusasa, uLwesihlanu. Nokho, ngokokulandisa kwamaJuda, zombili lezi zenzakalo zenzeka ngosuku olulodwa, njengoba amaJuda ebheka ukuqala kosuku olusha njengokushona kwelanga kolwangaphambili. Yebo, lokhu kulahla lonke ukulandelana kwezikhathi. Esahlukweni seshumi nesishiyagalolunye seVangeli lakhe, uJohane ubika ukuthi ukubethelwa kwenzeka ngosuku lokulungiselela iPhasika, okungukuthi, ngoLwesine. Kamuva, evesini XNUMX, uthi isidumbu sikaJesu asishiywanga esiphambanweni ngoba “lelo Sabatha laliwusuku olukhulu.” Ngamanye amazwi, isidlo sePhasika leSabatha ekushoneni kwelanga kosuku lwangaphambili, uLwesihlanu, ngemva kokubethelwa esiphambanweni. Nakuba amavangeli amathathu okuqala ephikisana nenguqulo kaJohane, izazi eziningi zeBhayibheli eziyibheka njengelandisa ngezenzakalo ezinembile, lezi zinguqulo ziyaqinisekisana kwenye indawo. Ngokwesibonelo, eVangelini likaMathewu ( 26:5 ) kuthiwa abapristi banquma ukungambulali uJesu phakathi nomkhosi, “ukuze kungabikho ukuhlubuka phakathi kwabantu.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMathewu uhlala ethi iSidlo Sokugcina nokubethelwa kwenzeka ngosuku lwePhasika. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi, ngokwesiko leTalmudic, akuvunyelwe ukuqhuba izinyathelo zomthetho futhi kubulawe izigebengu ngosuku lokuqala, olungcwele kakhulu, lwePhasika. Njengoba iPhasika lingcwele njengeSabatha, amaJuda awazange aphathe izikhali ngalolo suku (Mk. 14:43, 47) futhi babengavunyelwe ukuthenga amalembu nemifino yokungcwaba (Mk. 15:46, Luka 23:56). Ekugcineni, ukuxhamazela abafundi bamngcwaba ngakho uJesu kuchazwa isifiso sabo sokususa isidumbu esiphambanweni ngaphambi kokuqala kwePhasika (Mk. 15: 42, 46). Ukungabikho kokushiwo ngewundlu kubalulekile: akukaze kukhulunywe ngakho mayelana neSidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina. Isazi-mlando seBhayibheli uJ. A. Gleizes usikisela ukuthi ngokufaka isinkwa newayini esikhundleni senyama negazi, uJesu wamemezela ukuhlangana okusha phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu, ‘ukubuyisana kweqiniso nazo zonke izidalwa zakhe. Uma uKristu edle inyama, wayezokwenza iwundlu, hhayi isinkwa, uphawu lothando lweNkosi, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elihlawulela izono zezwe ngokufa kwakhe. Bonke ubufakazi bukhomba eqinisweni lokuthi iSidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina sasingesona isidlo sePhasika newundlu elingaguquki, kodwa kunalokho “isidlo sokuvalelisa” uKristu asihlanganyela nabafundi bakhe abathandekayo. Lokhu kufakazelwa umufi uCharles Gore, uMbhishobhi wase-Oxford: “Siyavuma ukuthi uJohane uwalungisa kahle amazwi kaMarku ngeSidlo Sakusihlwa Sokugcina. Kwakungesona isidlo sePhasika esivamile, kodwa isidlo sakusihlwa sokuvalelisa, isidlo Sakhe sokugcina nabafundi Bakhe. Ayikho neyodwa indaba ngalesi sidlo sakusihlwa esikhuluma ngesiko lesidlo sePhasika ”(“ A New Commentary on Holy Scripture, p. Akukho neyodwa indawo ezinguqulweni zezwi nezwi zemibhalo yamaKristu okuqala lapho ukudla inyama kwamukelwa noma kukhuthazwa. Iningi lezaba ezasungulwa amaKristu akamuva ngokudla inyama zisekelwe ekuhumusheni okungalungile.