## reclining at the table ##
It was the custom to have low tables with cushions where guests would sit forward in a half-lying position at the table during a dinner party.
## one by one ##
This means that "one at a time" each disciple asked him.
## Surely not I ##
"Surely, it won't be I who helps your enemies to arrest you!" See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])