Jesus and his disciples were celebrating the festival of 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.
It is speculated by some that the Jewish people were celebrating the Passover seder during the Last Supper, but this is disputed.
Yes because Jesus told them to do it in the Bible
Henry Hawkes has written: 'A service for commemorating the anniversary of our saviour's instituting the Lord's last supper' 'On celebrating the anniversary of Our Saviour's instituting the Lord's supper' -- subject(s): Lord's Supper 'Speech of Henry Hawkes ... and Annual Report and Proceedings of the Association'
AnswerJesus said he did not come to abolish the law and the prophets but to fulfill them. This is exactly what the Last Supper is about. Instead of the meal celebrating the passover lamb being sacrificed and consumed the Last Supper celebrated the sacrifice and consumption of he Lamb of God. The New Covenant also came into force at the Last Supper and there are no more intermediaries like Moses and the prophets and God again deals personally with each one of us because the sin of Adam no longer applies.
Matzoth is the plural of motza, a Jewish unleavened bread. According to christian belief, matzo was the bread used by Jesus in the Last Supper as there he was celebrating Passover.
In the famous painting "The Last Supper," it is supposed to depict Christ with His twelve disciples. They were celebrating the Jewish Passover seder, which was the last one before Christ's arrest by the Romans. It's been speculated in some circles that the person standing by Jesus might have been Mary of Magdalena.
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.
The Last Supper is the last meal Christ and his disciples had together.
The last supper was a Thursday Christ was crucified on a Friday
The Last Supper - opera - was created in 2000.
The Sacrament of the Last Supper was created in 1955.