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594 B
General Information:
It was a custom in that time for onlookers to attend dinners without eating.
Connecting Statement:
A Pharisee invites Jesus to eat at his house.
Now one of the Pharisees
The marks the beginning of a new part of the story and introduces the Pharisee into the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent and rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants)
reclined at the table to eat
"sat down at the table for the meal." It was the custom at a relaxed meal such as this dinner for men to eat while lying down comfortably around the table.