Sat down (ανεπεσεν). Reclined, fell back (or up). Second aorist active of αναπιπτω.

When the hour was come. The hour of eating the paschal lamb, which was in the evening. (See Barnes on Matthew 26:20.)

And when the hour was come.—See Notes on Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17. The other Gospels name “the evening.” Luke…

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for u…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: As soon as the disciples had prepared the Passover, they proceeded to eat it. As it says, And whe…

Luke forges a strong link between the Passover and the concept of redemption. This passage also exhibits the strong orientation to the future that …

And when the hour was come
When it was evening, the last of the two evenings, when it was dark, at least after six o…

Christ kept the ordinances of the law, particularly that of the Passover, to teach us to observe his gospel institutions, and most of all that of t…