what was the bread that jesus ate made of? i heared it was flat?

Answer 1

It was passover so it was unleavened bread, therefore, it was some type of flatbread.

Answer 2

The bread that the Jews ate at that time was made of the same ingredience as is bread today. They just did not add yeast to it. Yeast is a microbe that causes air bubbles, that makes the bread rise. Without yeast, the bread remains flat.

You have eaten that kind of bread if you have ever had a pita bread warp or sandwich. It is also called "unleavened" bread (Leaven is an old English word for yeast).

Jews are allowed to eat normal, leavened bread most of the time. But during the annual weekly celebration of the Passover, they eat only unleavened bread. In fact, they are not allowed to have anything "leavened" in their homes during that time. It is a reminded that on the night God freed them from Egypt, it happened so quickly that they did not have time to let their bread rise. So they had to make it unleavened that day.

Both leavened and unleavened bread was commonly eaten in Israel at the time of Jesus. However most movies you will see of Jesus show him eating unleavened bread because it is more dramatic. And it was unleavened bread that was used at the Last Supper (the first Communion) because that supper was a Passover meal and required unleavened bread.

Answer 3

In those days Jews did not eat leavened bread. Leavening is a process by which yeast is added to the bread dough, to make it rise while baking. In ancient times, this could often be a risky procedure, because Yeast is a living organism and could spoil if left out too long. Since bread was a staple of their diet, Jews didn't take the risk at ate it unleavened, or flat.

It was made much the same as it is today. Basically bread is flour (usually from wheat or oats) salt, water and any other ingredient you want to add to make it taste different. Kneed it into dough, and bake it. Voilà, bread.

Answer 4

I would assume it was. He lived in the Middle East. I can't remember the traditioanal bread over there but I think it was and is flat.

Answer 5

Unleavened bread which is flat because no yeast was used.

Answer 6

It's like pita break, a flat soft or hard unleavened brad that middle-eastern populations use.

Answer 7

Yes, it was unleavened bread. It was made without yeast.

Answer 8

Well of course it was flat. They weren't doing much of that yeast business back in the day.

Answer 9

It means it was not raised with yeast, which takes a lot longer. In the Jewish tradition - they were to be ready to - RUN - at the drop of a hat, so to speak.

Answer 10

Unleavened bread; matzoh.

The "last supper" as a Jewish Passover Seder.

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