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Verb anaklinō (to recline) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 8: 11 | I tell you, many will come from east and west and will recline (anaklinō) [at table] with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, |
| 14: 19 | Then he ordered the crowds to recline (anaklinō) on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. |
Mark
| 6: 39 | Then he ordered them to get all the people to recline (anaklinō) in groups on the green grass. |
Luke
| 2: 7 | And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and reclined (anaklinō) him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. |
| 12: 37 | Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them to recline (anaklinō) [at table] to eat, and he will come and serve them. |
| 13: 29 | Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will recline (anaklinō) [at table] in the kingdom of God. |
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