Was he present at the institution of the Lord's Supper? It is said in Luke xxii, 21, "Behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table." Which table was this, that of the paschal supper or the Lord's? It is not necessarily the latter; Luke gives a connected account of the two suppers, and then adds the fact respecting the traitor; leaving us to otherwise learn at which of the tables he was present. In John's reference to the event, it is said (xiii, 30), "He then, having received the sop, went immediately out, and it was night." Now, the sop pertained to the paschal feast, and if, on receiving it, Judas went immediately out, he could not have been at the Lord's Supper. With this agrees the record both of Matthew and of Mark. They state what was said of the traitor, before giving the account of the last supper. His character was made known while eating the passover, and soon as revealed, he went out, having no farther lot with the eleven, and the Master he was so soon to betray. It seems clear, then, beyond a doubt, that Judas did not partake at the Lord's table.—Examiner.