The room is briefly described in the Book of Luke 22:11-13, when Jesus requested a large, furnished upper room where he and his disciples could eat their Passover meal together ...

The Bible details the story of the Last Supper in 33 AD, when Jesus sat with his 12 apostles and told them that one among their number would betray him — identifying that man as Judas Iscariot.

The Bible recounts the story of the Last Supper in 33 AD, where Jesus sat with his 12 apostles and revealed that one among them would betray him - identifying Judas Iscariot as the traitor.

Find today's readings here. “Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve ...

Instead of telling the tale from beginning to end in two hours, the series offers what one critic calls “plausible fiction” to flesh out the New Testament accounts of Jesus and his 12 disciples.

To the Romans, Jesus was a troublemaker who had got his just desserts. To the Christians, however, he was a martyr and it was soon clear that the execution had made Judaea even more unstable.

The context is Jesus’ discourse with his disciples, in which he tells them that as God the father has loved him, so he loves them. His command to his disciples is that they love one another.