Quotes about Meal
When Jesus wanted to explain to his disciples what his death was all about, he didn't give them a theory, he gave them a meal.
— NT Wright
Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
— Genesis 43:25
She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
— Ruth 2:18
There is nothing so important in the family as the sacred quality of the meal.
— Henri Nouwen
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
— Genesis 27:19
Eating is a ritual, and rituals make things easier.
— JM Coetzee
He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
— Genesis 27:31
And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
— Mark 6:44
When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.
— Matthew 26:20
This invitation to a meal is an invitation to intimacy with God.
— Henri Nouwen
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
— Exodus 12:8
When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.
— John 21:9