Paul, in developing his ministry, used the story of Jesus as a vehicle,
even though he had only peripheral knowledge fo what Jesus did or said.
What Paul wrote was then fed back into the infant church
and thence into the Gospel stories that we read today.
A prime example of this lies in the Last Supper.



23. For I received from the Lord, what I passed on to you
The Lord Jesus on the night that he was betrayed took bread
24. and, when he had given thanks, he broke it and said:
" This is my body, which is given for you;
do this in remembrance of me."
25. In the same way, after supper, he took the cup saying:
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood;
do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me"
26. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes again.


Paul is, in fact, addressing the inequalities
being practiced within the church of Corinth
when they come together for communal meals.
He concludes:
33. So then, brothers and sisters,
when you gather to eat you shoould all eat together.
34. Anyone who is hungry should eat soemthing at home
so that when you meet together it may not result in judgement.

However he started (verse 23) by admitting
that this is inspiration not a historical account.
Doubtless he assumed that the disciples ate together that night,
but the words are chosen to support the Paul's new theology
developed, over the course of the last 20 years,
to explain the death of Jesus.

The main theme of Paul's discourse is equality within the church.
The Gospel writers twisted this to address their own agenda
and the church turned their writings into the controls
impose by the Mass or Holy Eucharist.