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A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Joseph A. Fitzmyer presents 25 succinctly phrased and candidly answered questions about Jesus. His book covers issues such as the virgin birth, the infancy narratives, Jesus’ claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy and significance of the resurrection and ascension texts, the place of Peter and the apostles, the importance of the Apocryphal gospels, and more. This book holds insights for...

The question refers to the passages in 1 Corinthians 11:23–25; Mark 14:17–25; Matthew 26:20–29; Luke 22:14–38; John 13:1–17:26, even though the name “last supper” is never found in any of them. That is a development out of the reference to Jesus’ “dining” (1 Cor 11:25), which two verses earlier is dated to “the night on which he was betrayed.” Cf. John 13:1–2 for another way of phrasing it. The nature of that meal that Jesus
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