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❖❖❖ Holy Week – Day 5: Passover and Last Supper on Maundy Thursday ❖❖❖
Holy Week takes a somber turn on Thursday.
From Bethany, Jesus sent Peter and John ahead to the Upper Room in Jerusalem to make the preparations for the Passover Feast. That evening after sunset, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples as they prepared to share in the Passover. By performing this humble act of service, Jesus demonstrated by example how believers should love one another. Today, many churches practice foot-washing ceremonies as a part of their Maundy Thursday services.
Then, Jesus shared the feast of Passover with his disciples, saying:
“I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 22:15-16, NLT)
As the Lamb of God, Jesus was about to fulfill the meaning of Passover by giving his body to be broken and his blood to be shed in sacrifice, freeing us from sin and death. During this Last Supper, Jesus established the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, instructing his followers to continually remember his sacrifice by sharing in the elements of bread and wine (Luke 22:19-20).
Later, Jesus and the disciples left the Upper Room and went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed in agony to God the Father. Luke’s Gospel says that “his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44, ESV).
Late that evening in Gethsemane, Jesus was betrayed with a kiss by Judas Iscariot and arrested by the Sanhedrin. He was taken to the home of Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the whole council had gathered to begin making their case against Jesus.
Meanwhile, in the early morning hours, as Jesus’ trial was getting underway, Peter denied knowing his Master three times before the rooster crowed.
Thursday’s events are recorded in Matthew 26:17–75, Mark 14:12-72, Luke 22:7-62, and John 13:1-38.
💭 Koki Tufa Folie from Ethiopia is the alleged Killer of Damaris Muthee Mutua
A Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Damaris Muthee Mutua has been murdered in Iten, Tom Makori, a town in the west of the country.
The runner’s Ethiopian boyfriend is a suspect in her killing and he is on the run, police said on Tuesday.
Mutua’s murder follows the killing of another athlete in Kenya, Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death at her home in the same town in October.
The body of Mutua, 28, who holds dual Kenyan-Bahraini nationality, was found decomposing in a house, the town’s police commander, told Reuters.
Iten, where both murders occurred, has a popular training base for long distance runners.
The two murders have shone a spotlight on violence against women in the east African country.
“The body has been taken to a nearby hospital mortuary,” Makori said.
Reliable sources revealed that Koki Tufa who is also a long-distance runner had come in Kenya to visit Damaris who was living in a rented house at Lilies estate, Iten before she was found dead.
Tufa is alleged to have called one of his friends in Iten town informing him of what he had done before fleeing to Ethiopia.
He had been training at the same facility and has since fled Kenya, according to police.
“The suspect called a friend whom they were training together and informed him that he has killed a girlfriend and the body was in the house,” Makori said.
Koki Tufa Folie the alleged Killer of Damaris Muthee Mutua
The above and below photos were retrieved from his social media handle facebook, and it is believed that he has been Mutua’s boyfriend since 2014. This has surfaced after thorough research by our able team who traced his name and many of his photos that included Mutua’s on his timeline.
Keiyo North police boss Tom Makori was informed of the death by fellow athletes and he said preliminary investigations indicate the victim, who was killed some days ago had visited her Ethiopian boy friend who resides almost a kilometer from Iten police station.