Article about the Upper Room

The traditional location of the Last Supper—the Crusader era “Upper Room,” known also as the Cenacle—has one thing going for it: height. The only location-specific information we can pull from the various Last Supper accounts is that Jesus and his apostles secured a large furnished space, the upper room of an unnamed (and presumably wealthy) householder in Jerusalem (Mark 14:12-16). The Cenacle stands tall indeed, nesting above David’s tomb on the heights of Mount Zion. But who knew that Mount Zion’s Christian claim to fame has a competitor—in a basement (www.biblicalarchaeology.org)?

The foregoing excerpt is from an article by Jonathan Klawans titled: The Other Upper Room. It is published on the BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY website. Read the full article at the link below. 

The Upper Room Article

 

 

 

 

 

Reference:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/the-other-upper-room/?mqsc=E4128850&dk=ZE1130ZF0&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=BHDWeek%20in%20Review%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=3-27-2021_Week_in_Review_Upper_Room_Bible