The Lost Gospel of James

From ancient writings concerning Jesus Christ...
The Lost Gospel of James
Chapter 38. "The Last Supper"

1. The disciples of Jesus gathered together.
They went and greeted each other, for they had come from all places to pray on t
he Mount of Olives on the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
2. They asked: "Where will you have us prepare the Passover?"
3. Jesus said: "Do I desire with desire at this Passover to eat meat with you?"
4. They told Jesus: "Then come, let us pray and fast." Jesus said: "What then is
the sin that I have committed, or in what have I been at fault? But when the br
idegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray."
5. "When the bridegroom is taken up, the disciples shall fast continually in the
sincerity of their heart and their body."
6. "When I am about to sacrifice my body for the sins of this new people of mine
, they will be giving me gall and vinegar to drink. That is why you will be the
only ones to eat, while the people of Israel are fasting and lamenting in sackcl
oth and ashes."
7. Jesus sent two of his disciples, Cephas and John. He told them: "Go and prepa
re the Passover, so we may eat." And they asked him: " Where do you want us to m
ake it ready for you?" He told them: "Go, enter the city. And as you are enterin
g, you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him: and where he goe
s, tell the householder: 'Our Master says: "My time is come, and I keep the Pass
over with you. Where then is the lodging, where I may eat in with my disxiples?"
'
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared. Make it ready fo
r us."
8. And his two disciples went out. They came into the city, and found it just as
he had described.
9. The synagogue was for the reading of the Law and for the teaching of the comm
andments. It had a guest room and upper rooms and installations of water for tho
se travelers from abroad who needed them.
10. And they prepared the Passover, just as he had commanded.
11. The synagogue was on Mount Zion, known to be holy and spiritual. On this mou
ntain, the Holy, the Son of God, was made king that he might proclaim the will a
nd decree of God his Father.
12. The high priests murmured because Jesus had gone into the guest room for his
prayer. Some scribes were there, watching carefully in order to arrest him duri
ng his prayer. But they were afraid of the people, since he was regarded by all
as a prophet.
13. And in the evening, Jesus went and sat down, and the Twelve with him.
14. The disciples said: "Jesus, Son of Mary, is your Lord able to send down a ta
ble for us, spread with food from heaven?" He said: "If you have faith, then fea
r God."
15. They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and to know
that you have indeed told us the truth. We want to be witnesses of the miracle.
"
16. Jesus, the Son of Mary, said: "God, our Lord, send down for us a table, spre
ad with food from heaven. Let it be a feast for us, for the first of us and for
the last of us, as a sign from you. Give us sustenanse, for you are the best pro
vider."
17 God said: "I will send it down for you. But after that, if any of you resists
faith, I will chastise him with a chastisement such as I have not inflicted on
anyone among all the nations."
18. Jesus came with them at the head of the whole congregation of Israel with al
l his brothers , the sons of Aaron the preists, those called to the congregation
, the men of renown. And they sat before him, each man , in the order of his dig
nity.
19. This is the sitting of the men of renown called to the assembly for the Coun
cil of the Community when God has begotten the Messiah among them.
20. As it is written: "Then Shem will be glorifed, because the Lord God, the Mig
hty One of Israel, shall appear upon earth as man, and Adam will be saved by him
Then all the spirits of deceit will be trampled under foot, and men shall rule
over the wicked spirits. Then I will arise in joy, and I will bless the Most Hig
h for his marvelous works. For God has taken a body, and eaten with men, and sav
ed men."
21. "And you shall be set at nought in the dispersion as useless water, until th
e Most High shall visit the earth. He shall come as a man, eating and drinking w
ith men . The water he uses in peace will break the head of the dragon. God, spe
aking in the person of man, will save Israel and all the Gentiles."
22. Now our Lord Jesus Christ chose to distribute his holy flesh and blood to th
e disciples and believers. First he began like this. He opened their minds, sayi
ng: " My flesh is true food and my blood is the true drink." And again he said:
"I am the bread of life which came down from heaven. He who eats this bread shal
l live forever."
23. Jesus said: "I am the bread that came down from heaven. He who comes in love
and receives it, lives in me forever, and inherits the kingdom."
24. "I am the gate of life. He who enters trough me enters into life."
25. "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him, just as
the Father is in me, and I in Him."
26. "I swear to you: if you do not receive the body of the Son of Man as the bre
ad of life, you do not have life in him."
27. "Whoever does not receive my body and my blood is a stranger to me."
28. "Unless you drink my blood and eat my flesh, you will not enter into the kin
gdom of heaven. But even if you drink the cup which I drink, where I go, there y
ou cannot come in."
29. Jesus himself said: "To you it has been given to understand God's sacraments
. But to others, everything comes in parabeles."

30. When our Lord had ended these figures in this way, several of the disciples
left immediately.
31. "Do not give what is holy to the dogs, lest they throw it on the dunghill."
32. "Do not throw something holy to the dogs, nor pearls before swine. For they
might trample them with their feet and turn around and tear you away from your t
eaching."
33. "Do not give holy flesh to dogs, nor place your pearls before swine, lest th
ey chew them bhefore you and turn to tear you."
34. "The pigs may trample on the pearls and will not know how to use them."
35. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "People like that will pretend to prove themselv
es holy to you, in order to obtain holiness and the pearl from you; then they wo
uld trample these things under their feet."
36. Our Lord called the earth which does not know itself "a race of dogs and swi
ne." In other words, a person who on account of transitory possessions will make
many lords for himself, and destroy his soul necause he did not lend it out to
the good plowman, who is the good teacher.
37. Then he told his remaining disciples: " Now, go and prepare the table of hol
iness, where I shall soon perform the mystery of salvation for my own believers
and beloved ones."
38. And they gathered at the common table, to eat and to drink new wine. When th
e common table was set for eating and the new wine poured for drinking, no man e
xtended his hand over the firstfruits of bread and wine before the Preist; for h
e must bless the firstfruits of bread and wine, and be the first to extend his h
and over the bread.
39. TheLord Jesus, the same night in witch he was betrayed, took bread.
40. The Messiah of Israel extended his hand over the bread, and all the congrega
tion of the community uttered a blessing, each man in the order of his dignity.
41. Jesus said: "Behold, how highly I have honored you. I have washed your feet
and invited you to share my meal."
42. "Refresh yourself with me at the table of the Kingdom."
43. Having taken the bread in his holy and pure and blameless and immortal hands
, lifting up his eyes to heaven, and showing it to his God and Father, he gave t
hanks. He hallowed, and broke, and gave it to us, his disciples and apostles, sa
ying:
44. "This great and sacred table is spread out before you. Call in the name of t
he Lord. Stretch forth your hands. Taste, swallow. It will bring you good and he
aling. It is a table that is eternal, never to be cut off. Do not fear, O Israel
, and do not be dismayed. For the Lord your God made a covenant with your forefa
thers."
45. "This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
46. And he called the people to himself and spoke of his death. He taught the my
steries of the Sacred Meal and of fasting.
47. He took one unleavened loaf in his hands, blessed it, gave thanks, and broke
it. He said: "Take this and eat it. This is my body, which for you many is dist
ributed for the expiation and remission of sins."
48. "Take, eat; this is my body which is broken for you for the forgiveness of s
ins. When you do this, you resurrectme."
49. He prayed earnestly for the almighty Father to change the bread into his tru
e precious body. This is why it says "he blessed." He prayed to the Lord to trul
y change the bread into his body. And so it was assuredly changed by the Spirit
of the heavenly Father. And when he saw that the bread was changed into his body
, then he thanked the almighty Father for having changed it into his body and bl
ood.
50. He gave his body to be eaten, so that when eaten it might enliven those who
ate him. Likewise he gave himself to be offered, that by his Cross the hands of
them that offered him might be sanctified.
51. And he spoke likewise in regard to the cup.
52. In the same way, after supper, he took the cup. Having mixed wine and water,
he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and presented it to his God and Father. He gav
e thanks, and sanctified and blessed it, and filled it with the Holy Spirit. He
gave it to us, his disciples, saying:
53. "Drink a cup of fine wine. It will give you great joy. Drink deeply. Let you
r heart rejoice, as it removes your distress. Sing aloud; rejoice! Give thanks t
o your God. Eat and drink to the full and be healed trough fine food and fine wi
ne. Drink my mysteries in a very large cup. Let it be a sacrificial offering. Ma
y you always celebrate the day again during your lifetime. May you all remember
me kindly. May the Lord forgive you and me. Celebrate the day again in peace, du
rning this blessed feast of Passover, the festival of the Lord. It is that night
of the Lord, to be observed by all the children of Israel durning their generat
ions."
54. "Take this, share it among yourselves. This is the new covenant in my blood.
For I tell you: by no means shall I drink from now on of the fruit of the vine,
until the Kingdom of God comes."
55. And he gave it to them alone.
56. The disciples received the bread of the Son. He called it Body, and wine his
Blood: "I have eaten the Mystery with you in the Church. You shall eat with me
again in the Kingdom."
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58. Jesus said: "Celebrate the remembrance of my death, which is the Passover."
59. And we asked him: "Lord, have you not completed the drinking of the Passover
? Must we do it again?" And he told us: "Yes, until I come from the Father with
my wounds."
60. The Lord said: "If anyone partakes of the body of the Lord and then joins in
a ritual bath, he will be accursed."
61. As it is written: "Behold, from today, you will be renewed and formed anew a
nd made alive again. You will eat the blessed bread of life, drink the blessed c
up of immortality, and anoint yourself with the blessed ointment of incorruptibi
lity."
62. Blessed be God, who blesses and sanctifes us all at the presentation of the
divine and pure mysteries. He gives rest to the blessed souls among the holy and
just, now and always, and to all eternity.***
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From ancient writings concerning Jesus Christ...

The Lost Gospel of James

Chapter 38. "The Last Supper"

. But to others, everything comes in parabeles."

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