## 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]])