JOSUGA: JOS JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES

The remembrance meal in Luke invites the reader to see how the Lukan Jesus effectively implements the new era of humanity through a meal scene rich in both social institutions and social relationships. Using intertexture as one of the subsets of socio-rhetorical hermeneutics, this article reveals that Luke situates his remembrance meal narrative to teach his community how to remember the Lukan Jesus and his sacrifice on behalf of humanity. The intertexture reading further reveals that this meal scene can activate different human institutions that aid in creating social relationships within human society. The article concludes that Lukan Jesus uses the remembrance meal scene to teach his newly inaugurated community how to remember him as they interact through different social institutions and relationships. Therefore, remembering Jesus in this context means the church and Christian community embarking on actions that will help shape, transform, and restore humanity's dignity. 

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