In the Bible, Jesus's supper on the night before his crucifixion. His sharing of bread and wine with the Apostles at that meal is seen by many Christian churches as instituting the sacrament of the Eucharist.
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An artistic representation of this event.
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(proper) The last supper eaten by Jesus with his disciples before the Crucifixion, as related in the New Testament.
In the Latin and in the Monophysite churches of Armenia and Egypt unleavened bread is used in the Eucharist on the somewhat uncertain ground that the Last Supper was the Paschal meal.
The Passover was at hand, and the last supper of our Lord with His disciples on the evening before the Passover lamb was killed is made the occasion of the most inspiring consolations.
These sources do not hint that the Last Supper is to be repeated by Christ's followers until the advent of the kingdom.
It emphasizes the fact that the Last Supper was the Pascha.