Is reclining at the table while eating, a custom during Jesus' time?
Luke 22:14
NKJV - 14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.
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Asked January 23 2014
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Bubba Mcabee
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Robert Shirley
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Yes. The tables used for eating we're low to the ground, and the people sat or reclined on the floor around the table.
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