# Did Jesus actually carry the Cross Itself? and other oddities of that day.

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**Created:** [July 14, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-actually-carry-the-cross-itself-and-other-oddities-of-that-day/188442 "2003-07-14T18:22:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-actually-carry-the-cross-itself-and-other-oddities-of-that-day/188442/61 "2003-07-18T14:18:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dwalin \*  
> \*\*Well, since Jesus was crucified after the Last Supper, and the Last Supper was Passover, obviously Jesus was crucified after Passover. \*\*

You’re confusing the Passover with the Seder. The Seder is the ceremonial supper which is consumed on the first day of Passover. The synoptic gospels say that the Last Supper was a Seder and that Jesus was therefore arrested and crucified after Passover had begun. _John_, however, says that the Last Supper was consumed the day _before_ the Passover, the Day of Preparation, and that the Last Supper was not a Seder but just a last meal.

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