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can expect he had Essene followers just as he had Samaritan,
Galilean and Judean followers. Choosing an Essene upper
room, together with the pre-exilic calendar used by at least some
Essenes, enabled Jesus to celebrate his last supper as a Passover
meal.

In the article “Queer Bible Stories: The Backstory of
the Upper Room,” B.P. Morton goes on to speculate about the
relationship between the water carrier and the householder who
owned the house with the upper room. Morton concludes that
the two men were likely a “queer couple” who had access to the
large upper room during the busy Passover season because their
biological family rejected them due to their relationship or “the
water-carrier’s public non-standard gender presentation.”
Morton states the ramifications clearly: It looks like
what is being portrayed here, in the New Testament, without
condemnation, are two queer people who are choosing to be
a family of their own to each other, rather than parts of their
original family. If this isn’t a full on same-sex marriage, it is at
least in the neighborhood as it were….

Seen through my queer eyes, the water-carrier was
probably a trans-cestor, and Jesus chose this person as his
family, over his own mother, before the crucifixion. The great
spiritual moment of the Last Supper, when the body and blood
of sacrificial lamb was shared out, to “all of you” happened
where it did probably because some queer folk’s families
rejected them and didn’t want to celebrate with them. And so
the room was open at the last minute…. In all likelihood, there
was a transperson at the Last Supper, probably helping Jesus to
serve and the disciples. Having done with the re-imaging of the
jar-bearer, now we shall see the reflections based on the bigger
picture.

1. Christ Re-Imaging The Queer
Isolated communities around the world share strong

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Lenten Meditations Re - Imaging People