Jesus and his disciples were celebrating the Passover meal together. As this was the last meal that Jesus would share with his disciples, he took elements of the Passover meal and made them ...
In the 4th century, legends began to circulate regarding Saints Simon and Jude's missionary work in Mesopotamia and Persia. According to the apocryphal Passion of Simon and Jude, both were martyred ...
In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began what would become one of history’s most influential works of art - The Last Supper ... Christ was betrayed by one of his disciples, he gathered them together ...
The Last Supper offers a powerful meditation on themes of love, loss and betrayal. There are many different kinds of chorus in the opera. The disciples themselves form one. Another is the entirely ...
Thomas, or Doubting Thomas as he is commonly known, was one of the Twelve Apostles, disciples sent out ... crucified or sawed in half. John—the last survivor of the Twelve—likely died ...
It's amazing to think that after all this time, The Last Supper painting continues to hold it's audience captive. It's considered one of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces, but it almost didn't survive!