Last Supper Room

On the top floor of the building housing King David’s Tomb you will find “The Cenacle,” more commonly called “Room of the Last Supper.”

“Cenacle” comes from a Latin word for “dining room,” which makes sense, since tradition holds it is where THE Last Supper took place.

In one corner of the room, you can see a pillar topped with a pair of pelican babies pecking their mother’s heart.

Female pelicans are used as a symbol of sacrifice via the mistaken idea that the female feeds her babies from her very own flesh.

I didn’t catch the meaning of the tree statue in the side niche. Must confess that a kitten came dashing through at one point and began chasing a leaf, which distracted me for a few moments while our guide was speaking. (You can see the little guy in one of the photos.)Read more