This video will take you back in time where you will be able to experience the Passover and Jeshua time in the Garden of Gethsemane. The story of the Passover which became the Last meal of Jeshua with his disciples before his crucifixion is recorded in later parts of the Gospels. Where does this special time of fellowship take place? Well according to the later Church tradition the Last Supper took place in what is today called The Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, and is traditionally known as The Upper Room. The traditional location is in an area that, according to archaeology, had a large Essene community. We know this thanks to Josephus who provides information on a place called Bethso next to the Essenes Gate (War 5:145). Now the Essenes, believed by many to have written the Dead Sea Scrolls found in Qumran, had strict laws of purity. The Gospel accounts do not mention that it was the Essene quarter in Jerusalem instead we can read that Peter and John were assigned to go and prepare everything needed for the Passover.
2022/04/15
