Ancient Israelites didn't sit at the table like that famous "Last supper" picture shows. Ancient Israelites reclined at supper. Like this:
Ancient Israelites reclined to eat because when they were slaves they couldn't. Slaves had to stand. Thus reclining at supper symbolized their freedom from slavery.
The verses in the gospels that speak about when they ate at supper all use the greek verb "anapiptó", which means to fall back!
Here goes a short definition:
Original Word: ἀναπίπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: anapiptó
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ap-ip'-to)
Short Definition: I lie down, recline, fall back upon
Definition: I lie down, recline (at a dinner-table), fall back upon (the breast of another person reclining at dinner).
"When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table." Luke 22:14
So let's get the facts straight before we proceed. Amen.