More Than Just the Apostles at the Last Supper?

[zzzimbob]

During the homily at Mass today, the priest at the parish I visited said that women, children, and other disciples of Christ might have been at the Last Supper in addition to the Apostles.

He talked about the distinction between apostles and disciples in the New Testament and pointed out correctly that the former refers strictly to the 12 apostles and the latter refers to all disciples of Christ at the time, including the apostles. However, he went on to say that none of the Gospels mention that only the apostles were there at the Last Supper; he then added that the paintings of the Last Supper with Jesus and the 12 were just a reflection of “folklore.”

This didn’t sound right to me, so I went to the Gospels and read the accounts of the Last Supper again. I found that Matthew and Mark mention that he reclined at the table with the 12, and Luke specifically mentions that he ate with the Apostles. (John does not state who was there.)

Have any of you heard of this teaching about the Last Supper?

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

This is just as bad if not worse than the John 6 interpretation of the people taking their lunches out of their tunics and sharing their food with each other. Saying that Jesus could not multiply the food.

 

[Pax]

There is no reason or excuse for a homilist to make this kind of statement about the Last Supper. You might ask the priest or deacon that gave the sermon to explain where this idea came from, and why anyone should believe it since it is not found in any of the gospels.

 

[Emmaus]

Maybe he missed the verse in Matthew 26:20, which says
:
“When it was evening, he sat at table with the twelve disciples and as they were eating…”

Twelve always means twelve to me. Maybe he learned the new math.