{"query": "Easton: Meals", "count": 7, "results": [{"id": "card_n_3fa5b704d071", "title": "Easton: Meals", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Are at the present day “eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped with"}, {"id": "card_n_3f3e93a90ba2", "title": "Easton: Tables", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Mark 7:4) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along with the use of raised tables like ours, was introduced among the Jews after the Captivity."}, {"id": "card_c_1f8ecaae6162", "title": "Easton: Meals cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 7:36 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_0877c288ee71", "title": "Easton: Abraham’s bosom", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 16:22, 23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat"}, {"id": "card_n_57ad589ce2c7", "title": "Easton: Eating", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The ancient Hebrews would not eat with the Egyptians (Gen. 43:32). In the time of our Lord they would not eat with Samaritans (John 4:9), and were astonished that he ate with publicans and sinners (Ma"}, {"id": "card_n_369e3407adc5", "title": "Easton: Woman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “taken out of man” (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. “The head of the woman is the man;” but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, “as unto the weaker vessel” (1 Cor. 11:3, "}, {"id": "card_n_14110e5bcd41", "title": "Easton: Banquet", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These mea"}]}