secundum Matthæum 24:30

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Et factum est, dum recumberet cum eis, accepit panem, et benedixit, ac fregit, et porrigebat illis.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et factum est, dum recumberet cum eis, accepit panem, et benedixit, ac fregit, et porrigebat illis.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Et factum est, dum recumberet cum illis, accepit panem et benedixit ac fregit et porrigebat illis.

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.