1 Kings 10:5

10:5 the food in his banquet hall, ¹  his servants and attendants, ²  their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. ³ 

Luke 12:37

12:37 Blessed are those slaves ⁴  whom their master finds alert ⁵  when he returns! I tell you the truth, ⁶  he will dress himself to serve, ⁷  have them take their place at the table, ⁸  and will come ⁹  and wait on them! ¹⁰ 

Revelation 3:20

3:20 Listen! ¹¹  I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home ¹²  and share a meal with him, and he with me.

¹ tn Heb “the food on his table.”

² tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”

³ tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

⁵ tn Or “watching”; Grk “awake,” but in context this is not just being awake but alert and looking out.

⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁷ tn See v. 35 (same verb).

⁸ tn Grk “have them recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

⁹ tn The participle παρελθών (parelqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁰ sn He…will come and wait on them is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for he is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and 15:18-27, although those instances merely foreshadow what is in view here.

¹¹ tn Grk “Behold.”

¹² tn Grk “come in to him.”