LUKE 22:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.”
When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table — when the hour came (hē hōra, the appointed hour): the eschatological significance of the timing. Jesus and his apostles reclined: the Passover reclining posture communicating the free people's posture (slaves stood; free people reclined). The last supper is the Passover of free people.
Church Fathers on Luke 22:14
As soon as the disciples had prepared the Passover, they proceed to eat it; as it is said, And when the hour was come, &c.
By the hour of eating the Passover, He signifies the fourteenth day of the first month, far gone towards evening, the fifteenth moon just appearing on the earth.
But how is our Lord said to sit down, whereas the Jews eat the Passover standing? They say, that when they had eaten the legal Passover, they sat down according to the common custom, to eat their other food.
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