| Detail | Mark | Matthew | Luke | John | Thomas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it appears | 14:12-26 | 26:17-30 | 22:7-39 | 13:1-17:26 | No account |
| Relation to Passover | A Passover meal on the first day of Unleavened Bread 14:12 | A Passover meal 26:17-19 | “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you” 22:15 | “Before the Feast of the Passover” 13:1; the next day the leaders avoid entering the governor’s house to keep the Passover 18:28 | No account |
| Foot washing | None | None | None | Jesus washes the disciples’ feet 13:1-17 | No account |
| Bread and cup | Bread, then cup 14:22-24 | Bread, then cup 26:26-28 | Cup, bread, then cup in the longer text 22:17-20 | None | No account |
| “For the forgiveness of sins” | Not said | Said over the cup 26:28 | Not said | Not said | No account |
| Betrayer named | Not named; “one who is eating with me” 14:18-20 | Judas answers “Is it I?” and is told “You have said so” 26:25 | Not named; the betrayer’s hand is on the table 22:21 | Judas, to whom Jesus gives the dipped morsel 13:26 | No account |
| Denial of Peter foretold | On the way to the Mount of Olives 14:26-31 | On the way to the Mount of Olives 26:30-35 | At the supper 22:31-34 | At the supper 13:36-38 | No account |
| After the meal | The Mount of Olives and Gethsemane 14:26,32 | The Mount of Olives and Gethsemane 26:30,36 | The Mount of Olives 22:39 | A long discourse, then a garden across the Kidron 14:1-18:1 | No account |
The first three gospels place the arrest after a Passover meal; John places the supper before Passover and gives no words over bread and cup. Thomas has no account of a last meal, and no saying makes bread or a cup the body or blood of Jesus.