# Everyone gets this wrong

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\
**Created:** [June 3, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-gets-this-wrong/1019166 "2025-06-03T15:48:18Z")\
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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
>
> I thought that the Grail acquired the powers only after being used to catch Jesus’ blood as he was hanging from the cross? So it was not magical during the Last Supper

I have no idea. I don’t think the movie suggested this.

Here is the script. I guess that is the emphasis in it.

> [@](#):
>
> Across the desert and through the  
> mountain to the Canyon of the Crescent  
> Moon, to the Temple where the cup  
> that --"
> 
> ```
> Suddenly Indy stops and looks up at Donovan with a startled 
> expression.
> 
> INDY
> "Where the cup that holds the blood 
> of Jesus Christ resides forever."
> 
> DONOVAN
> (reverently)
> The Holy Grail, Doctor Jones. The 
> chalice used by Christ during the 
> Last Supper. The cup that caught His 
> blood at the Crucifixion and was 
> entrusted to Joseph of Arimathaea.
> 
> Indy rubs his chin with a dubious expression as he takes the 
> glass of champagne Donovan now offers him.
> 
> INDY
> The Arthur Legend. I've heard this 
> bedtime story before.
> 
> DONOVAN
> Eternal life, Doctor Jones! The gift 
> of youth to whoever drinks from the 
> Grail.
> (beat)
> Oh, now that's a bedtime story I'd 
> like to wake up to!
> 
> ```

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