Luke 24:43

And he took it, and did eat before them.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
took	λαβὼν labōn	G2983	while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
eat	ἔφαγεν.¶ ephagen	G5315	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
before	ἐνώπιον enōpion	G1799	in the face of (literally or figuratively) · preposition
them	αὐτῶν autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine

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Cross-references

Acts 10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:36-49

Five times Christ was seen the same day that he rose: by Mary Magdalene alone in the garden (Joh 20:14), by the women as they were going to tell the disciples (Mat 28:9), by Peter alone, by the two disciples going to Emmaus, and now at night by the eleven, of which we have an account in these verses, as also Joh 20:19. Observe, 1. The great surprise which his appearing gave them. He came in among them very seasonably, as they were comparing notes concerning the proofs of his resurrection: As they thus spoke, and were ready perhaps to put it to the question whether the proofs produced amounted to evidence sufficient of their Master's resurrection or no, and how they should proceed, Jesus hims…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 24:43

eat before them--that is, let them see Him doing it: not for His own necessity, but their conviction.

Adam Clarke on Luke 24:41

They - believed not for joy - They were so overcome with the joy of his resurrection, that they did not, for some time, properly receive the evidence that was before them - as we phrase it, they thought the news too good to be true.

John Gill on Luke 24:43

And he took it, and did eat before them. That is, he took both the fish, and the honeycomb, and ate of them before them, they looking on all the while; and which was a proof of his being truly risen from the dead, and not a spectre, or apparition, and which they failed not afterwards to make use of; see Acts 10:41. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "he took the rest, or what remained, and gave it to them".

John Calvin on Luke 24:41-49

Luke 24:41-49 Luke 24:41-49 41. But while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you here any thing to eat? 42. And they presented to him a piece of a broiled fish, and some honeycomb. 43. And he took, and ate, in their presence. 44. And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you; that all things which are written in the law Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me, are fulfilled. 45. Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. 46. And he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was proper that Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day; 47.…

The Church Fathers

He ate therefore after the resurrection, not as needing food, nor as signifying that the resurrection which we are expecting will need food; but that He might thereby build up the nature of a rising body.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

After his resurrection from the dead, he put aside all his passions: ruin, hunger and thirst, sleep and fatigue, and the like. Although he did taste food after his resurrection, it was not in obedience to any law of nature. He did not feel hunger, but at the appointed time, he confirmed the truth of the resurrection by showing that the flesh which had suffered and that which had risen were the same.
— John Damascene, ORTHODOX FAITH 4.1

To establish the truth of the Lord's resurrection, we should also note what Luke reports, saying: "Eating together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem." And a little later: "While they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him from their sight." Note the words, mark the mysteries. Eating together he was lifted up. He ate, and he ascended, so that through the act of eating the truth of his flesh might be made evident.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 29

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Dictionary and topics

Fishing, the art of — Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the…
Resurrection of Christ — One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the…
Resurrection Of Christ, The · He gave many infallible proofs of — He gave many infallible proofs of
Unbelief · 5:12-14; — 5:12-14;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:36-49

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 24:43

Adam Clarke on Luke 24:41

John Gill on Luke 24:43

John Calvin on Luke 24:41-49

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:36-49

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 24:43

Adam Clarke on Luke 24:41

John Gill on Luke 24:43

John Calvin on Luke 24:41-49

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 24:39