![]() The Last Supper took place on the 13th day of the month, and the crucifixion occurred on Friday the 13th. Matthew says that Judas committed suicide after the crucifixion while the early Christian leader Papias says that “Judas walked around in the world a sad example of impiety, for his body having swollen to such an extent that he could not pass where a chariot could pass easily.” So Judas may well have grown to a size 13. Whoever took that last 13th seat came to a sticky end. So why, then, is 13 so sinister? Is it just that 12 is so ideal that we must find something inherently bad in 13? As any theology student will tell you, there were 13 disciples at the last supper and the 13th person to take his seat was probably Jesus, although some say it was the backstabbing Judas who took chair number 13. 12 is a whole, complete, perfectly divisible number. Calendars have 12 months the day is halved by two sets of 12. The ancient Sumerians produced a numeral system based on the number 12 that we still enjoy today. First of all, we must consider the number 12 as the perfect number.
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