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The 'Last Supper' is a fresco depicting Jesus with his disciples as they partake of the meal before passover as described in The Bible book of Luke. This most famous image was painted by Leonardo da vinci. The subject of the Last Supper has been painted by many other artists.
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As Luke reveals, the "last supper," as men call it... wasn't the meal "before" the Passover... it WAS the Passover as commanded by scripture.
"...He (Jesus) sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat..." (Luke 22:8).
As commanded in Leviticus, the Passover lamb was killed and eaten the day BEFORE the commanded "feast day"... the "first day of Unleavened Bread."
"In the FOURTEENTH day of the first month at even (evening) is the Lord's Passover. And on the FIFTEENTH day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread..." (Lev.23:5-6).
God's reckoning for a "day" begins at sundown, with the night-portion of the day first... unlike man's reckoning of a "day," beginning at "midnight" (the witching hour).
So, that "last Passover" of Jesus' mortal existence... was when He "changed the way the Passover was to be observed" by His disciples (and His church) from that time forward, until He returns. A solemn "memorial observance" with the "bread and wine" symbols... a remembrance of His Perfect Sacrifice, of which the Passover has always pointed.
The "last supper" was eaten on the evening of the fourteenth of the first month as commanded by law... and He (the Passover Lamb of God)... was arrested later that evening by the Jews... handed over to Pilate in the morning... beaten, persecuted and prosecuted - and sacrificed as the prophecy of the Passover pictured before the fourteenth ended. Before the evening of the fifteenth day of the first month... the feast day of unleavened bread.
The "feast day," the fifteenth, is an annual "Sabbath day"... not the Passover on the fourteenth.
"...the Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross (stauros) on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day [annual sabbath day],) besought Pilate..." (John 19:31).
The purpose of the "last supper," then, was Jesus' commanding the new way to observe the Passover with the bread and wine symbols - the first annual Holy Day of God in the spring of each year, that has always pointed to Christ's sacrifice, which He fulfilled by the end of that day.
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Is it true that at the last supper Jesus instituted the passover?
Passover existed before the Last Supper, so Jesus did not institute it at the Last Supper. He was celebrating the Passover and instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
What was the name of the woman in the Last Supper?
There was not a woman at the Last Supper. The record is below, no woman was present. Jesus had the Last Supper with the 12 apostles.
What does the Last Supper by Durer depict?
The Last Supper is the last meal Christ and his disciples had together.
Did Jesus have the Last Supper on Passover?
Yes he did. The Last Supper was a Passover Seder.
What day was the Last Supper?
The last supper was a Thursday Christ was crucified on a Friday
When was The Last Supper - opera - created?
The Last Supper - opera - was created in 2000.
When was The Sacrament of the Last Supper created?
The Sacrament of the Last Supper was created in 1955.
Is supper bad?
This was categorized under 'The Last Supper', so I'm going to conclude that you were referring to that. The Last Supper was not bad, however what proceeded the day after and what the Last Supper stood for is rather grotesque.The Last Supper was, in the New Testament, the Last Supper that Jesus ate with his disciples, and the one in which he gave his last words of wisdom. The proceeding day, Jesus was set to be crucified, and hence the celebration of Easter.
Why is the Last Supper called the Last Supper and not the last dinner?
For purely cultural reasons. Some call it the last meal, for instance. To some, "dinner" and "supper" mean the same meal, for others they have both a dinner and a supper everyday, for instance on a farm: breakfast in the morning, then lunch, then dinner, then after the last work of the day, supper.
What is the first Catholic Mass called?
The Last Supper
Who instituted the sacrament of Holy Eucharist?
Jesus did with his apostles at the last supper.
The sacorment of the last supper?
The last supper is the body and blood of Jesus, in bread and wine form.
