He sat down] RV 'He was sitting at meat,' or, rather, 'reclining.' For the attitude at table, see on John 13:23. The Law (Exodus 12:11) required the Passover to be eaten standing, but this was no longer observed. The Talmud says, 'It is the custom of slaves to eat standing, but now let them eat reclining, that it may be discerned that at the exodus they went out from slavery into freedom.'

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