Just as a schoolteacher does not want his students to go beyond the instructions given them, Jesus does not want his followers to “go beyond the things that are written ” in the Holy Scriptures. ​ — 1 Corinthians 4: 6.
عیسی خود زمان برگزاری آن را بیان کرد و شیوهٔ برگزاری آن را به شاگردانش نشان داد .‏