Editing Friday the 13th (section)

==== Christian associations ====
[[File:Última Cena - Da Vinci 5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|The Last Supper]]'' by Leonardo da&nbsp;Vinci]]
The superstition seems to relate to various things, like the story of [[Jesus]]'s [[Last Supper]] and [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]] in which there were thirteen individuals present in the [[Upper Room]] on the thirteenth of [[Nisan]] [[Maundy Thursday]], the night before his death on [[Good Friday]].{{efn|name=DellaContrada-2004-02-09-UBuff-quote|
There were 13&nbsp;people at the [[upper room|table]] (at the [[Last Supper]]) and the 13th was [[Jesus]]. The Last Supper was on a [[Maundy Thursday|Thursday]], and the next day was [[Good Friday|Friday]], the day of [[crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]]. When '13' and Friday come together, it's a double whammy.<ref name=DellaContrada-2004-02-09-UBuff>
{{cite web
 |last=Della&nbsp;Contrada |first=John
 |date=9 February 2004
 |title=Fear of "Friday the 13th may likely have originated from Jesus' last supper and crucifixion", says U.B. anthropologist
 |url=http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2004/02/6576.html
 |access-date=13 July 2014
 |place=Buffalo, NY
 |publisher=[[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|U. Buffalo / SUNY]]
}}
</ref>}}{{efn|name=Hartston-2007-quote|
In Christian tradition, fear of Friday the 13th stems from the day of the Crucifixion (Friday) and the number at the {{grey|[table at the]}} Last Supper (13&nbsp;{{grey|[men]}}). Despite these origins, the Friday the 13th superstition dates back only to the Middle Ages.<ref name=Hartston-2007>
{{cite book
 |last=Hartston |first=Willam |author-link=William Hartston
 |year=2007
 |title=Encyclopedia of Useless Information
 |publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc.
 |isbn=978-1402248382
 |page=365
}}
</ref>
}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vyse |first=Stuart |date=13 October 2017 |title=Why we fear Friday the 13th |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/health/why-we-fear-friday-13th/index.html|author-link=Stuart Vyse |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414081425/https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/health/why-we-fear-friday-13th/index.html |archive-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>