Cenacle
Sign in to saveThe Cenacle (from the Latin , "dining room"), also known as the Upper Room (from the Koine Greek anagaion and hyperōion, both meaning "upper room"), is a room in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, just outside the Old City walls, traditionally held to be the site of the Last Supper, the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus held with the apostles.
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- Etymology
- Overview
- Foundational events from the Gospels
- Theories regarding Apostolic Age
- Dormition of Mary
- Early building
- The "Tomb of King David"
- History
- Theoretical pre-Byzantine building
- Byzantine-period building or buildings
- Crusader-period building
- Under renewed Muslim rule
- Monastery
- Mosque{{anchor|Masjid an-Nabi Dawud}}
- British Mandate and Israel
- Historical worship and relics
- Column of the Flagellation
- Architecture and date (12th, 13th, 14th c.?)
- Early modern assessments
- Layout
- Capitals and columns
- Muslim architectural elements
- References in hymns
- Alternative site
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Cenacle (from the Latin , "dining room"), also known as the Upper Room (from the Koine Greek anagaion and hyperōion, both meaning "upper room"), is a room in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, just outside the Old City walls, traditionally held to be the site of the Last Supper, the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus held with the apostles.
According to the Christian Bible, the Cenacle was a place in which the apostles continued to gather after the Last Supper, and it was also the site where the Holy Spirit alighted upon the twelve apostles on Pentecost, Matthias having been "numbered with the eleven apostles" to replace Judas in Acts 1:25.