Jezusowa mowa o służbie jako centrum Łukaszowego opisu wydarzeń z Wieczernika

The matter of the following paper is to read the message of Jesus which He has left the community of the New Covenant as a testament during the Last Supper. Completion of this testament will lead to achieving the Kingdom promised. This goal has been achieved by the analysis of a part of the 22nd chapter of the Luke’s Gospel (Luke 22:14-38) with the Hebrew biblical rhetoric’s. The research performed has been described in three chapters connected with each other. The first one is dedicated to the composition of the text. This stage of work consists of delimitation which has let to separate from the 22nd chapter of the Luke’s Gospel the fragment contained in verses 14-38. Next demarcations pointed five smaller units arranged parallelly. Their careful segmentation has been described in the second paragraph. At the end of this chapter an overall presentation of the sequence examined has been made. Thus its symmetrical-concentric structure has been justified. The composition has become a starting point for the analyses undertaken in the second chapter. They consisted of the biblical context together with the interpretation of each pericope. This stage of research 1 Artykuł jest zmodyfikowaną wersją pracy magisterskiej obronionej na Wydziale Teologicznym Uniwersytetu Opolskiego w 2017 r., napisanej pod kierunkiem ks. dr. Wacława Borka. Scriptura Sacra Rok 22/2018 DOI: 10.25167/ScrS/748 112 Patrycja Błaszkiewicz has shown the connections between units which collected and described in the following chapter justified the previously proposed compositional figure ABCB’A’. At the beginning of the third chapter the interpretation of the five units examined in their references to parallel fragments and others as well. This has let to draw theological conclusions. It has been pointed that service with love as its motive is the completion of the Jesus’ testament. Only one who accepts the revolution of the Master of Nazareth preaching that to rule it is necessary to serve, will be worthy of acceding to the Eucharistic table here on earth and some day to rule with God in heaven.