Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well in this episode we are going to take some time to explore the meaning and significance

of the last supper.

Jesus' famous last supper with his disciples the night he was betrayed and arrested and led off

on his trial to be crucified.

The meaning and the symbolism of that final meal that he had with the disciples, it left such an

impression on the circle of his disciples that was there.

Some kind of account of that meal has made its way into every single one of the gospels

in the New Testament and also has made its way into one of Paul's letters, the Apostle

Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

This was an immensely important moment in the story of what happened to Jesus and also

how his followers found themselves called to participate and reenact and relive that

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