Luke 24:42

Luk 24:42 . ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου , of a bee-comb. The adjective μελ . occurs nowhere else. κηρίον is the diminutive of κηρός . The words are probably a gloss.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

honeycomb--common frugal fare, anciently.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(42) A piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.—The fact is interesting as pointing to the common food of the disciples. Fish—as in the miracles of the Five Thousand and the Four, and, we may add, in the narrative of Joh_21:9—seems to have been the staple article of diet. Honey—as in the proverbial speech which described Canaan as a land flowing with milk and honey (Exo_3:8; Exo_3:17; Deu_26:9; Deu_26:15; Jer_11:5, et al.), as in the histories of Samson (Jdg_14:8) and Jonathan (1Sa_14:27) and John the Baptist (Mat_3:4)—was common enough to enter into the diet of the poor. Even in a time of scarcity, when the corn and the olive crops failed, or were laid waste, butter and honey remained as a resource which did not fail (Isa_7:15; Isa_7:22).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. a piece of a broiled fish] A meal of fish at Jerusalem might surprise us, if we did not learn from the Talmud that it was regularly supplied from the inexhaustible stores of the Lake of Gennesareth (Life of Christ, i. 142).

and of a honeycomb] Omitted in א, A, B, D, L, &c.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Then opened he their understanding,.... He not only opened their hearts, to attend to what he said, and the proofs he gave of his resurrection from the dead in a true body; but he removed the veil from the eyes of their minds, and gave them an understanding of the sacred writings, respecting this matter:

that they might understand the Scriptures; concerning his sufferings, death, and resurrection, which they were very ignorant of before, and which were as a sealed book unto them, Joh 20:9 though they had been from their infancy brought up to the reading of the Scriptures, and had had the advantage of Christ's ministry for some years; which shows the necessity of the special illumination of the Spirit, and the influence of his grace to remove the darkness of the mind, and give the true sense of the sacred writings.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

Ver. 42. Broiled fish] Left of last night’s supper, prandium quasi perendium.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. [καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου.] Omitted by אABDL, and as quoted by many Fathers.

42. ἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ. A meal of fish at Jerusalem might surprise us, if we did not learn from the Talmud that it was regularly supplied from the inexhaustible stores of the Lake of Gennesareth (Life of Christ, I. 142).

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42.] This was done to convince them further of his real corporeity. The omission of the words καὶ … κηρίου in the best mss. is remarkable: see var. readd. It may possibly have arisen from an idea in some transcriber that this meal is the same as that in Joh 21:9. The words could hardly have been an interpolation.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

42. καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου. The evidence against these words is far stronger than against any of the other doubtful passages in this chapter(vv. 3, 6, 9, 12, 36, 40, 51, 52). Here א A B D L, d e Boh. Syr-Sin. omit the whole, while a b omit mellis. Clem-Alex. Orig. Eus. Cyr-Alex. speak of the broiled fish in a way which makes it very improbable that they would have omitted the honey-comb, had it been contained in their copies of the Gospel. N X are the beat uncials which contain the words, and of these X with E* has κηρίον for κηρίου. Even Godet admits that not only here, but in vv. 36 and 40, the disputed words are probably interpolations.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Broiled. Only here in New Testament.

Of an honey - comb. The best texts omit.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.