Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Matthew 8:11
Sit down (anakliqhsontai). Recline at table on couches as Jews and Romans did. Hence Leonardo da Vinci's famous picture of the Last Supper is an anachronism with all seated at table in modern style.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 8:11:
Luke 7:1
Luke 13:28
Luke 16:22
John 10:16
Revelation 19:9
Revelation 21:13
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