What do you think Peter, Andrew, and James Minor are telling about Jesus 5/5

Multiple questions.  Same concern.  But this is more about body language and gestures.

You asked what we think.  My guess is that all this is concern about the prohibition (and the subsequent controversy) of having regular (leavened) bread at the Passover table.  See my original comment about this at https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27387452/What-do-you-think-Simon-Thaddens-and-Matthew-are-telling-about-Jesus-1-5.html?anchorAnswerId=36938905#a36938905

The question is what da Vinci, is being subjective (as most of us often are), is he trying to tell us? The truth maybe different but this question is not about that.

Thanks

Please note that the point of this question is not to discuss and discover a religious truth. The intention is to discuss what da Vinci is trying to tell us by the choice of gestures, body languages, and facial expressions he has painted this. Also see:

Part 1/5
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27387452/What-do-you-think-Simon-Thaddens-and-Matthew-are-telling-about-Jesus-1-5.html 

Part 2/5
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27387641/What-do-you-think-Philip-James-Major-and-Thomas-are-telling-about-Jesus-part-2-5.html

Part 3/5
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27387642/What-do-you-think-Bartholomew-s-gesture-is-telling-about-Jesus-part-3-5.html

Part 4/5
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27387651/What-do-you-think-Judas-s-gesture-is-telling-about-Jesus-part-4-5.html

Thank you.

As yuou are probably aware, when you look at the restoration of this painting, and the premliminary sketches by Leonardo, there is good evidence to suggest that the figure to the left of Jesus is a woman. Subsequent restorations altered the appearance of this effeminate person into a more masculine person, which strongly suggests that the Church were not happy with it's appearance, anmd wnatde to remove the ambiguity. The idea a woman being so close to Jesus did not fit in with the doctrines of the church at the time. Jesus next to a prostitute was not the message it wanted to send out to the Christian world. There is also other evidence of similar paintings supposedly depicting Mary Magdalen, that have been changed by the Vatican, hidden or painted over, no doubt for similar reasons.

The image you are analysing seems to have been derived from the unrestored version of the painting. If you want to get at Leonardo's ideas, then you need to look also at the restored painting.

It is my belief that in this painting, Leornardo deliberately made the figure to the left of Jesus ambiguous. Possibly he did this to portray John as effeminate, or possibly to communicate John's the belief that a woman -- Mary --  was very close to Jesus and possibly in a relationship with Jesus. But this is all speculation. Ambiguity was often a characteristic of Leonardo's work. There always seems to be two meanings, or a hidden meaning in much of what he painted. A classic example is the Mono Lisa, whose model has an ambiguous expression, and who's background actually depicts two independant landcsapes, one on each side of the Mono Lisa.

But I must say, when I look at the restored version of the Last Supper, I see a woman. There are other things going on this painting that raise questions. For example, there is hand holding a knife which doesn't seem to belong to anyone.

I guess we can never know the answers, only discuss the possibilities.

Surely Leonardo is simply depicting the moment when Jesus announces that someone will betray him, and the reactions of the disciples to this news?

Callandor,

I appreciate for giving inputs in person to person bases; this is what the question was all about. I see the only one smiling is Jesus. The rest seem somewhat at disbelieve or maybe a bit annoyed.

The comment (ID:36971001) from Jason210 is also very good one.

Here of course we are not to draw conclusions or discover a truth. Rather to figure out what Da Vinci is thinking. Please add any other observation you may have.

Thanks.