en_tn_lite_do_not_use/luk/07/36.md

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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.