He was reclining at the table with them: The meal is a symbol of the messianic banquet (the future feast when God’s chosen king gathers his people) and of the salvation that God is bringing about (Isaiah 25:6–8; Luke 14:1–24).
and broke it, and gave it to them: This action recalls the feeding of the 5,000 (9:16) and the institution of the Lord's Supper (22:19).