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Matthew 26:20

Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

KJV

Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἀνέκειτο μετὰ τῶν δώδεκα μαθητῶν.

Greek NT

Vespere autem facto, discumbebat cum duodecim discipulis suis.

Vulgate

Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;

ASV

But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
ἀνακεῖμαι
anakeimai
verb · 14×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄψιος
opsios
adjective · 14×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: μαθητῶν | WH: μαθητῶν
  • μαθητῶν — SBLGNT
  • μαθητῶν — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§610Jesus gave the supreme expression of his free offering of himself at the meal shared with the twelve Apostles "on the night he was betrayed".429 On the eve of his Passion, while still free, Jesus transformed this Last Supper with the apostles into the memorial of his voluntary offering to the Father for the salvation of men: "This is my body which is given for you." "This is my…
§1339Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his Body and his Blood: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat it...." They went ... and prepared the passover. and when the hour came…

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:6 — But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Eg
  • Exod 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
  • John 13:21 — When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
  • Luke 22:14 — And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
  • Luke 22:14 — And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
  • Mark 14:17 — And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
  • Mark 14:17 — And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
  • Song 1:12 — While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.