Act 2, Scene 1 Summary

The disciples gather and set up for dinner in the big hall with the graffiti-covered pillars. They want wine so they can forget their trials and tribulations and are feeling sorry for themselves because of all they have been through. They anticipate that their rewards will come when they retire and write the gospels so people will talk about them after they die.

The spotlight is on Jesus, who enters and pours the wine as the disciples gather and sit around the table. Peter is to Jesus' left, and Judas is in front of the table and to the far right. Jesus again berates the disciples, telling them that the end is harder when brought about by friends. For all they care this wine could be his blood and the bread, which he breaks, could be his body. He wants them...