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Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.
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A Posture of Freedom
Commentators explain that Jesus and the disciples were not sitting upright but reclining on couches. This posture was a deliberate Jewish tradition for the Passover meal, symbolizing their freedom from slavery in Egypt. In this final Passover, Jesus reclines with his disciples as a free man, even as he prepares to secure a greater spiritual freedom for all through his sacrifice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When the even was come. The lamb was killed between the evenings (Exodus 12:6), (Hebrew), that is, between t…
He was sitting at meat (ανεκειτο). He was reclining, lying back on the left side on the couch with the right hand free. Jesus and …
19th Century
Anglican
He sat down with the twelve — While reserving special notes for the Gospels that contain these narratives, we can recall several k…
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Baptist
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to ea…
The Passover meal could not be eaten till after sundown; and for those living within Palestine, it had to be eaten inside Jerusalem or not at all. …
16th Century
Protestant
When the evening was come, he sat down at table. Not to eat the passover, which they were bound to do standing (as travelers, whe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now when the even was come The second evening, when the sun was set, and it was dark, and properly night; for ``on t…
Observe, the place for their eating the Passover was pointed out by Christ to the disciples. He knows those hidden ones who favour his cause, and w…
13th Century
Catholic
Next, the Evangelist deals with the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. Because the new sacraments take the place of the old ones, as it is said,…
