Now in what order of recumbancy Christ and the Disciples were disposed, is not so easily determined. _Casalius_ from the Lateran Triclinium will tell us, that there being thirteen, five lay down in the first bed, five in the last, and three in the middle bed; and that our Saviour possessed the upper place thereof. That _John_ lay in the same bed seems plain, because he leaned on our Saviours bosom. That _Peter_ made the third in that bed, conjecture is made, because he beckened unto _John_, as being next to him, to ask of Christ, who it was that should betray him. That _Judas_ was not far off seems probable, not only because he dipped in the same dish, but because he was so near, that our Saviour could hand the sop unto him.
Of the Picture of our Saviour with long hair.
Another Picture there is of our Saviour described with long hair, according to the custom of the _Jews_, and his description sent by _Lentulus_ unto the Senate. Wherein indeed the hand of the Painter is not accusable, but the judgement of the common Spectator; conceiving he observed this fashion of his hair; because he was a _Nazarite_, and confounding a _Nazarite_ by vow, with those by birth or education.
The _Nazarite_ by vow is declared, _Numb._ 6. And was to refrain three things, drinking of Wine, cutting the hair, and approaching unto the dead; and such a one was _Sampson_. Now that our Saviour was a _Nazarite_ after this kind, we have no reason to determine; for he drank Wine, and was therefore called by the _Pharisees_, a Wine-bibber; he approached also the dead, as when he raised from death _Lazarus_, and the daughter of _Jairus_.
The other _Nazarite_ was a Topical appellation, and appliable unto such as were born in _Nazareth_, a City of _Galilee_, and in the Tribe of _Napthali_. Neither if strictly taken was our Saviour in this sense a _Nazarite_; for he was born in _Bethlehem_ in the Tribe of _Judah_; but might receive that name, because he abode in that City; and was not only conceived therein, but there also passed the silent part of his life, after his return from _Ãgypt_; as is delivered by _Matthew_, And he came and dwelt in a City called _Nazareth_, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, He shall be called a _Nazarene_. Both which kinds of _Nazarites_, as they are distinguishable by _Zain_, and _Tsade_ in the Hebrew, so in the Greek, by _Alpha_ and _Omega_; for as _Jansenius_ observeth, [SN: Ians. Concordia Evangelica.] where the votary _Nazarite_ is mentioned, it is written, ÎαζαÏαá¿á½¹Ï, as _Levit._ 6. and _Lament._ 4. Where it is spoken of our Saviour, we read it, ÎαζÏÏεá¿Î¿Ï, as in _Matthew_, _Luke_ and _John_; only _Mark_ who writ his Gospel at _Rome_, did Latinize, and wrote it ÎαζαÏηνόÏ.