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[[File:Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Cross - Walters 3762 (2).jpg|thumb|''Christ on the Cross'' by Eugène Delacroix, 1846: The bread and wine of the New Covenant Passover represent Jesus' flesh and blood, which were torn and shed on the cross.]]

In the [[Gospel of Luke]] 22, Jesus said that He was establishing the “new covenant,” and in the [[Gospel of John]] 13, Jesus said that He was giving a “new command.”

The place where Jesus established the “new covenant” was the Holy Supper of the Passover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+22%3A20-34&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Luke 22:20–34|quote=}}</ref> The place where Jesus gave the “new command” was also the Holy Supper of the Passover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+13%3A34-38&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=John 13:34–38|quote=}}</ref> In other words, they were given at the same time in the same place. Although those two records are about the same situation, there is no record of the "new command" in the Gospel of Luke, and there is no record of the "new covenant" in the Gospel of John. It is because the new covenant and the new command are fundamentally the same. In the Bible, command and covenant are essentially the same. God called the Ten Commandments, which were given to Moses, the “covenant.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+34%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Exodus 34:28 |quote=}}</ref><br>When we understand the principle of love contained in the Passover of the new covenant, we can understand that the new covenant and the new command are the same. The Holy Supper of the Passover is a ceremony that allows us to realize the love of Christ who sacrificed Himself on the cross, by eating bread and wine, which represent Jesus’ flesh and blood. Also, the Passover makes the saints become one body with Jesus by having them participate in His flesh and blood,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Corinthians+10%3A16-17&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=1 Corinthians 10:16–17 |quote=}}</ref> so that they can love one another as themselves. By keeping the Passover, we can realize Christ’s love and sacrifice and fully love brothers and sisters; this is the principle of love contained in the new covenant. Therefore, the new covenant which allows us to become one body in Christ through the bread and wine of the Passover and the “new command” which commands us to love one another are fundamentally the same.