Verb anakeimai (to recline) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

9: 10And as he was reclining (anakeimai) [at table] in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples.
22: 10Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with people reclining (anakeimai) [at table].
22: 11"But when the king came in to see the people reclining (anakeimai) [at table], he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe,
26: 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he was reclining (anakeimai) [at table].
26: 20When it was evening, he reclined (anakeimai) [at table] with the twelve;

Mark

6: 26The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the people reclining (anakeimai) [at table], he did not want to refuse her.
14: 18And when they had reclined (anakeimai) [at table] and were eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."
16: 14Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining (anakeimai) [at table]; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

Luke

22: 27For who is greater, the one who is reclining (anakeimai) [at table] or the one who serves? Is it not the one reclining (anakeimai) [at table]? But I am among you as one who serves.

John

6: 11Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were reclining (anakeimai); so also the fish, as much as they wanted.
12: 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining (anakeimai) [at table] with him.
13: 23One of his disciples - the one whom Jesus loved - was reclining (anakeimai) next to him;
13: 28Now no one reclining (anakeimai) [at table] knew why he said this to him.