"John, The Apostle Jesus Loved, Rests His Head On Yeshua's Breast At The Last Supper"

 

John, "the apostle whom Jesus loved," resting his head on Yeshua's breast at The Last Supper.

"Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved." 
John 13:23, King James Version
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+13%3A23&version=KJV

Alan: At the University of Toronto I majored in Latin American Studies and Comparative Religion and currently operate an educational travel business in Mexico. http://yucatan.homestead.com/

I am repeatedly struck by Mexican representations of The Last Supper -- including a spectacular, life-sized, fully-clothed statuary rendition in the small church immediately behind Merida's San Ildefonso Cathedral in the Yucatan peninsula. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida_Cathedral

In Mexican religious art (and elsewhere) the apostles are routinely represented as swarthy, bearded men with the exception of the apostle John, "the apostle whom Jesus loved," who is represented as beardless, blond and feminine.

I do not know what this means, but surely "the pattern" means something.

In ancient Israel, people "reclined" while dining.

They did not sit upright at tables as commonly represented in Western religious art.

"Did Jesus Recline Or Sit At The Passover Meal?"

http://tyndalearchive.com/scriptures/www.innvista.com/scriptures/compare/recline.htm