Luke 24:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.”

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BSBPD

“While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 24:30 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 14:19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
  2. Matthew 15:36Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
  3. Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
  4. Mark 6:41Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
  5. Mark 8:6And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
  6. Mark 14:22While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”
  7. Luke 9:16Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
  8. Luke 22:19And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  9. Luke 24:35Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
  10. John 6:11Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
  11. Acts 27:35After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

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