Early Church

The Last Supper

The Last Supper is dated AD 30–33 in the Modern reckoning and AD 30 in the Traditional. It is told in Mark 14:17. Jesus Christ is part of it.

When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

Mark 14:17 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 30–33
Traditional reckoning
AD 30
How it's dated
the same year as the cross

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 452.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Jerusalem.

Promises kept

  • The Passover lamb: The Passover and the Exodus → The Last Supper, ~1,480 years (Modern).

Which verses connect to Mark 14:17?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Luke 22:145 votes

    When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.

  2. When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples. And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.” …

  3. Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table. Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.” …

  4. After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.” The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant. …

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.