Luke 24:30

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It was as he reclined at the table with them that he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe, as hee sate at meate with them, hee tooke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them.

King James Version
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

English Standard Version
When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.

New American Standard Bible
And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them.

New Century Version
When Jesus was at the table with them, he took some bread, gave thanks, divided it, and gave it to them.

Amplified Bible
And it happened that as He reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them.

Berean Standard Bible
While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus sat down to eat, he took some bread. He blessed it and broke it. Then he gave it to them.

Complete Jewish Bible
As he was reclining with them at the table, he took the matzah, made the b'rakhah, broke it and handed it to them.

Darby Translation
And it came to pass as he was at table with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken it, gave it to them.

Easy-to-Read Version
Joining them at the supper table, Jesus took some bread and gave thanks. Then he broke some off and gave it to them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it came to passe, as hee sate at table with them, he tooke the bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gaue it to them.

George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to them.

Good News Translation
He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them.

Lexham English Bible
And it happened that when he reclined at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks, and after breaking it, he gave it to them.

Literal Translation
And it happened as He reclined with them, having taken the loaf, He blessed, and having broken He gave to them.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

Bible in Basic English
And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.

International Standard Version
While he was at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed it, broke it in pieces, and gave it to them.Matthew 14:19;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And it was that, while he reclined with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

Murdock Translation
And it occurred, while he reclined with them, that he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it came to passe, as he sate at meate with them, he toke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

World English Bible
It happened, when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he went in, to abide with them. And as he sat at table with them, he took the bread, and blessed it, and brake and gave to them.

Weymouth's New Testament
But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he entride with hem. And it was don, while he sat at the mete with hem, he took breed, and blesside, and brak, and took to hem.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, as he sat at table with them, he took bread, and blessed [it], and broke, and gave to them.

New English Translation
When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

New King James Version
Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

New Living Translation
As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.

New Life Bible
As He sat at the table with them, He took the bread and gave thanks and broke it. Then He gave it to them.

New Revised Standard
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them.

Revised Standard Version
When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And it came to passe as he sate at meate wt them he toke breed blessed it brake and gave to them.

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with the, he toke the bred, gaue thankes, brake it, and gaue it them.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and as he was at table with them, he took bread, and gave thanks, then brake it and gave it to them;

Simplified Cowboy Version
When they sat down to eat, Jesus took the bread and gave thanks to God for it. He broke it and handed it out.

Contextual Overview

¹³That same day two of them were walking to the village Emmaus, about seven miles out of Jerusalem. They were deep in conversation, going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their talk and questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognize who he was. ¹⁷He asked, "What's this you're discussing so intently as you walk along?" They just stood there, long-faced, like they had lost their best friend. Then one of them, his name was Cleopas, said, "Are you the only one in Jerusalem who hasn't heard what's happened during the last few days?" ¹⁹He said, "What has happened?" They said, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene. He was a man of God, a prophet, dynamic in work and word, blessed by both God and all the people. Then our high priests and leaders betrayed him, got him sentenced to death, and crucified him. And we had our hopes up that he was the One, the One about to deliver Israel. And it is now the third day since it happened. But now some of our women have completely confused us. Early this morning they were at the tomb and couldn't find his body. They came back with the story that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. Some of our friends went off to the tomb to check and found it empty just as the women said, but they didn't see Jesus." ²⁵Then he said to them, "So thick-headed! So slow-hearted! Why can't you simply believe all that the prophets said? Don't you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?" Then he started at the beginning, with the Books of Moses, and went on through all the Prophets, pointing out everything in the Scriptures that referred to him. ²⁸They came to the edge of the village where they were headed. He acted as if he were going on but they pressed him: "Stay and have supper with us. It's nearly evening; the day is done." So he went in with them. And here is what happened: He sat down at the table with them. Taking the bread, he blessed and broke and gave it to them. At that moment, open-eyed, wide-eyed, they recognized him. And then he disappeared. ³² Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as he conversed with us on the road, as he opened up the Scriptures for us?" ³³They didn't waste a minute. They were up and on their way back to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and their friends gathered together, talking away: "It's really happened! The Master has been raised up—Simon saw him!" ³⁵ Then the two went over everything that happened on the road and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he took: Luke 24:35, Luke 9:16, Luke 22:19, Matthew 14:19, Matthew 15:36, Matthew 26:26, Mark 6:41, Mark 8:6, Mark 14:22, John 6:11, Acts 27:35

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:8 - and they 1 Samuel 9:13 - he doth bless Song of Solomon 1:12 - sitteth Mark 5:43 - Given Acts 10:41 - even 1 Timothy 4:3 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them,.... When they were sat down at table with the provisions before them:

he took bread and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them; as if he was the master of the house, when he was both a guest, and a stranger, and as he used to do at common meals, when he ate with his disciples; and thus he did, when he fed five thousand at one time, and four at another, Matthew 14:19 see the notes there.

Matthew 14:19- :.

Matthew 14:19- :. Whether only Christ, and the two disciples, sat down together, or whether others that belonged to the house sat down with them, is not certain: if they were only three, they were a proper company to bless the bread together; that is, one in the name of the rest, they joining with him: if there were but two, they blessed, or said grace for themselves separately; but if three, the rules were these, according to the Jews y:

"three that eat together, they are obliged to call a blessing (or for one) --and how do they call a blessing among three? one says, let us bless: if there are three besides himself, he says, bless ye. --Three that eat together have no power to divide;''

that is, to make a separate blessing, but are obliged to it conjunctly: thus here, being three at least, Christ blessed bread for them all.

y Misn. Betasot, c. 7. sect. 4, 3, 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sat at meat - Reclined at the table, or while he was at supper.

He took bread and blessed it ... - This was the office of the master of a feast, and perhaps this first attracted particularly their attention. Though he was in “their” house, yet he acted as “master” of the feast, as he used to do with them before his death. Perhaps, also, as he “gave” them the bread, they observed the “prints” in his hands, and they knew that it was Jesus. This was not a “sacramental,” but a common supper; yet our Saviour sought a blessing on the food, and thus set an example to all his followers to acknowledge God in their daily gifts, and to seek his benediction in all their enjoyments.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. He took bread — This was the office of the master and father of a family, and this was our Lord's usual custom among his disciples. Those whom Christ lodges with he feeds, and feeds too with bread that himself hath blessed, and this feeding not only strengthens, but also enlightens the soul.