Luke 24:43

Luk 24:43. Ἔφαγεν, He did eat) freely, without any necessity: on this account He did not also drink.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 24:43 . That Jesus ate is carefully stated. The materiality thus evinced seems inconsistent with the pneumatic nature of Christ’s body as suggested by sudden appearing and departure, and with the immortal form of embodied life generally. Hahn suggests that the materiality was assumed by Jesus for the moment to satisfy the disciples that He had a body, and that He was risen. Euthy. Zig. expresses a similar view, stating that Jesus ate and digested supernaturally ( ὑπερφυῶς ), and that what He did to help the faith of the disciples was exceptional in reference to the immortal condition of the body, which can have nothing to do with wounds or food ( οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἕτερος μετὰ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν τοῦ σώματος ὠτειλὰς ἕξει , ἢ βρῶσιν προσήσεται ).

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

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

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

43. and did eat before them] This was one of the ‘infallible proofs’ appealed to in Act_1:3; comp. Joh_21:12-13; “who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead,” Act_10:41. Jerome (adv. Pelag. ii.) mentions a strange addition in some MSS., viz. that the disciples said that ‘the wickedness and incredulity of the age is a substance which does not permit the true virtue of God to be apprehended through impure spirits; therefore even now reveal Thy justice.’

A few MSS. and versions here add, ‘and gave them the remains.’

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.

And he said unto them, thus it is written,.... In the above cited books of the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms; not what after follows, in so many words, but the matter and substance thereof:

and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; it was necessary, both because of the decree and appointment of God, and because of the prophecies and predictions of the Old Testament; see Luk 24:25.

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43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

Ver. 43. And did eat] Not out of any natural necessity or desire after meat, as once before his passion; but for confirmation of their faith.

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.

Christ eat, not because he stood in need of food to sustain himself after his resurrection, as we sustain our bodies and lives by corporal refreshment; but he did it, to shew his disciples that his body was really risen from the dead. (Ven. Bede)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

He took it and ate before them - Not that he had any need of food; but to give them still further evidence.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

43. ἔφαγεν. This was one of the ‘infallible proofs’ appealed to in Act 1:3; comp. Joh 21:12-13; “who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead,” Act 10:41. The importance of this proof in the eyes of the Apostles may also be inferred from Tob 12:19, where the Angel says “All those days I did but make myself visible to you, and did neither eat nor drink but ye beheld a vision.” Jerome (adv. Pelag. II.) mentions a strange addition in some MSS., viz. that the disciples said that ‘the wickedness and incredulity of the age is a substance which does not permit the true virtue of God to be apprehended through impure spirits; therefore even now reveal Thy justice.’ A few MSS. and versions here add, ‘and gave them the remains.’

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.

43. ἐώπιον αὐῶν ἔφαγεν. Comp. οἵτινες συνεφάγομεν καὶ συνεπίομεν αὐτῷ μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν (Act 10:41). Nothing is said here or in the meal at Emmaus about drinking, but are we to infer that nothing was drunk?

K Π and some cursives with many Versions (Syr-Cur. Syr-Hier. Boh. Aeth. Arm. c Vulg.) after ἔφαγεν add καὶ [λαβών] τὰ ἐπίλοιπα ἔδωκεν αύτοῖς, sumens reliquias dedit eis.

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