As they sat (ανακειμενων αυτων). Reclined, of course. It is a pity that these verbs are not translated properly in English. Even L…

As they sat.—Better, as they reclined.

The Venerable Bede: The Lord, who had foretold His Passion, also prophesied about the traitor to give him an opportunity for re…

The Passover meal was originally eaten standing (Exodus 12:11). But in Jesus’ time it had become customary to eat it in a reclining pos…

And as they sat and did eat
Or "as they lay along"; for such was their posture at the eating of the passover; (S…

Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events related here. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. …