Last Supper
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- proper noun
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- After the Last Supper was shared with His disciples, Jesus led them to Gethsemane.
But his death on the cross is tied into what he did the night before at the Last Supper.
- But his death on the cross is tied into what he did the night before at the Last Supper.
- Speaking of rage, this is who cooked the Last Supper, The women's history of the world.
- And he's had his Last Supper three times and every time he has shared it with the guards.
Examples
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The chalice used by Christ during the Last Supper.
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Christ is flanked by the Twelve Apostles in a schematized rendering of the Last Supper.
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Did he not say at his last supper, "Take, eat, this is my body"?
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It's not enough to eat and drink with Jesus in the Last Supper in which we participate in the Mass.
Blog text (1) -
What language did Jesus speak when he gave us Eucharist at the Last Supper?
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One commonly held thought is that there were 13 people present at the Last Supper: Jesus and his 12 Apostles.
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The fact that the Last Supper was a Passover meal has faded into the background in Christian liturgy.
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The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion reenacts the Last Supper, at which Jesus Christ presided nearly 2,000 years ago.
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Typically, Western programs celebrating the institution of the Eucharist represent the Last Supper with Christ and his Apostles seated in a dining room around a table adorned with wine and bread.
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The Last Supper is a pivotal event depicted in many religious artworks.
Synonyms
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A Christian service when people bless and eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember Jesus
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A Christian ceremony when people eat bread and drink wine to remember the Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony that blesses bread and wine to remember the Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember the meal Jesus had before he died
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A Christian ceremony when people bless and eat bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
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A religious ceremony where Christians bless bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
A Christian ceremony where people eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' death and his rising from the dead
A Christian ceremony where bread and wine are blessed and eaten to remember Jesus' Last Supper
Surface Forms
Morphology
last + Supper
The phrase literally composes as 'final meal' from 'last' + 'supper', so a learner who knows both words can infer the basic sense of a final/last meal. However, the specific cultural/religious reference to Jesus’ final meal before his crucifixion is not predictable from the constituents alone and requires background knowledge, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Last Supper is the name of the final meal Jesus shared with his followers just before his death. Christians remember this 'last meal' in a special ceremony called the Eucharist, so today the name refers to that specific event.