Cenacle

The Cenacle (from the Latin cenaculum, "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 eleven apostles on Pentecost. The site is administered by the Israeli authorities, and is part of a building holding the so-called "David's Tomb" on its ground floor. "Cenacle" is a derivative of the Latin word cēnō, which means "I dine". Jerome used the Latin coenaculum for both Greek words in his Latin Vulgate translation. "Upper room" is derived from the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke, which both employ the Koine Greek: anagaion (αναγαιον, Mark 14:15 and Luke 22:12), whereas the Acts of the Apostles uses the Koine Greek hyperōion (ὑπερῷον, Acts 1:13), both with the meaning "upper room". The Cenacle is considered the site where many other events described in the New Testament took place, such as: preparation for the celebration of Jesus's final Passover meal the washing of his disciples' feet certain resurrection appearances of Jesus the gathering of the disciples after the Ascension of Jesus the election of Saint Matthias as apostle the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost. Pilgrims to Jerusalem report visiting a structure on Mount Zion commemorating the Last Supper since the 4th century AD. Some scholars would have it that this was the Cenacle, in fact a synagogue from an earlier time. The anonymous pilgrim from Bordeaux, France reported seeing such a synagogue in 333 AD.