Before we start our study on “Understanding the Bible” I would like to take you on one of our trips to Italy.
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Today we cover Part one of Leonardo Da Vinci, and his painting “The Lords Supper”.
Leonard Da Vinci a genesis of the Renaissance was commissioned by his employer Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan to paint a picture. This was to be painted on the wall of the dinning room of his wife. The Duke decided he wanted this particular religious scene of Jesus and the Apostles at the Last Supper. Leonard decided to paint it as it would be in the 14th century not as it would have been in the time of Christ.
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For Judas “he did look among the prison population for a man to pose as Judas”. He also states that “no prisoners were brought from Rome and that the same person that posed for Jesus was not the same man’’.
However, there are others who recorded that this is a true story. There is more reports that it is true than those who deny its validity, so I can not vouch for either report so I will leave it up to you to make your decision about the validity of this report.
In recent years another controversy has arrived about this painting. There are those like Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince who states that the figure to the left of Jesus is not John, but Mary Magdalene, and that “The Last Supper” is evidence that there was a cover-up of the true identity of Christ by the Roman Catholic Church.
About the painting of Leonardo Da Vinci:
Da Vinci’s parents weren’t married, his mother, Caterina, a peasant women, wed another man while Da Vinci was very young and began a new family. Beginning around age 5, he lived on the estate in Vinci that belonged to the family of his father, Ser Peiro, an attorney and notary. Da Vinci’s uncle, who had a particular appreciation for nature that Da Vinci grew to share, who, also helped raise