Last Supper
The Jewish roots of the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — Today’s Christian Eucharist is a combination of the Jewish synagogue service and Passover meal as adapted by the early Jewish Christians.
Holy Thursday is a Christian Passover, when we remember who we are
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2022
(RNS) — Christians cannot understand the Eucharist unless they understand the Jewish Passover.
Who were those guys at the Last Supper? A Q&A with Tom Bissell
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 25, 2016
(RNS) Bissell traveled around the world, from Jerusalem to Kyrgyzstan, to find the apostles' tombs.
The Judas in each of us (COMMENTARY)
By Jay Lowder — March 24, 2016
(RNS) While we refuse to admit the likeness, in some ways our reflection looks a lot like Judas.
The ‘Splainer: Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?
By Kimberly Winston — March 24, 2016
(RNS) Most scholars say "nope," but a growing number of Christians host their own seders. Let us 'splain ...
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