Luke 24:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass, as he sat at the table with them, he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγένετο, ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι αὐτὸν μετʼ αὐτῶν, λαβὼν τὸν ἄρτον, εὐλόγησεν, καὶ κλάσας, ἐπεδίδου αὐτοῖς.

Transliteration

And egeneto, in the kataklithēnai him met' them, labōn the arton, eulogēsen, and klasas, epedidou to them.

Grammar Details

• *egeneto*: aorist, 3rd singular, middle - it happened/came to pass
• *kataklithēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to recline/sit down at table
• *met'*: preposition + genitive - with
• *labōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having taken
• *arton*: accusative, masculine, singular - bread/loaf
• *eulogēsen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - blessed
• *klasas*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having broken
• *epedidou*: imperfect, 3rd singular, active - was giving/distributing

Word Meanings

• *egeneto*: it happened/came to pass/occurred
• *kataklithēnai*: to recline/sit down at table/be seated for a meal
• *labōn*: having taken/received
• *arton*: bread/loaf
• *eulogēsen*: blessed/gave thanks for
• *klasas*: having broken/divided
• *epedidou*: was giving/distributing/handing

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And it came to passe as he sate at meate wt them he toke breed blessed it brake and gave to them.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (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.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 14:19 : 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude.
• Luke 24:35 : 35 And they told what things happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of bread.
• John 6:11 : 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting; and likewise of the fish as much as they wanted.
• Acts 27:35 : 35 And when he had said this, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
• Matt 15:36 : 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
• Matt 26:26 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
• Mark 6:41 : 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fish he divided among them all.
• Mark 8:6 : 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.
• Mark 14:22 : 22 And as they ate, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
• Luke 9:16 : 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.
• Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.