7. (a) Iziphi izenzakalo phakathi nesidlo sokugcina sePhasika likaJesu ezaholela ekumiseni kwakhe iSikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe? (Johane 13:1-30) (b) Chaza inqubo kaJesu ekumiseni iSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa.

⁷ Besadla, uJesu wasukuma futhi wageza izinyawo zabafundi bakhe, kanjalo ebeka isibonelo esiphelele sokuzithoba. Khona uJesu wathi: “Omunye wenu uyakungikhaphela.” Ngokushesha kamuva, waphendukela kuJuda wathi, “Okwenzayo kwenze masinyane.” Indaba kaJohane iyalandisa: “Waphuma masinyane; kwakusebusuku.” (Johane 13:21, 27, 30) Kwakungemva kwalokhu-ke lapho uJesu amisa iSikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe. Ake sizwe indlela ufakazi wokuzibonela uMathewu achaza ngayo okwenzeka: “Besadla, uJesu wathabatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wanika abafundi bakhe, wathi: Thabathani nidle; lokhu kungumzimba wami. Wayesethabatha isitsha, wabonga, wabanika, wathi: Phuzani nonke kuso; ngokuba lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano elithululwa ngenxa yabaningi kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono. Kepha ngithi kini: Kusukela manje angisayikuphuza kulesisithelo somvini, kuze kufike lolosuku engiyakusiphuza ngalo nani sisisha embusweni kaBaba. Kwathi sebehlabelele igama lokubonga, baphuma, bava eNtabeni yemiNqumo.”—Mathewu 26:26-30; bheka futhi uMarku 14:22-26, Luka 22:19, 20, neyoku-1 Korinte 11:23-26.

 9 (a) Kungani ukuhunyushwa kwamazwi kaJesu ngokuthi, “Lokhu kusho umzimba wami” kungokuqonde kakhulu kunokuthi, “Lona umzimba wami”? (Bheka amazwi angezansi.) (b) Ikuphi ukubaluleka okukhethekile uJesu akuhlanganisa nesinkwa? (c) Newayini?

⁹ UJesu wathi, “Lokhu kusho umzimba wami.”a (NW) Ngokusho lamazwi, uJesu wayebonisa ukubaluleka okukhethekile kwesinkwa—sasifanekisela umzimba wakhe siqu wenyama ongenasono awunikela “ngenxa yokuphila kwezwe.” (Johane 6:51) Ngokufanayo, uma ethi ngokuqondene nesitsha sewayini, “Lokhu kusho igazi lami lesivumelwano, . . . elithululelwa . . . ukuthethelelwa kwezono,” wayesebenzisa iwayini elingenambiliso eIisesitsheni njengesifanekiselo segazi lakhe siqu. Leligazi lalizoba yisisekelo sokuqalisa ukusebenza ‘kwesivumelwano esisha.’ Igazi lakhe elathululwa lalizoba yindlela futhi yokulungiselela “ukuthethelelwa kwezono.”—Mathewu 26:28, NW; Jeremiya 31:31-33; Heberu 9:22.