Luke 24:43

43 and he took it and ate before them.

Luke 24:43 Meaning and Commentary

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".

Luke 24:43 In-Context

41 But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?

42 And they gave him part of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb;

43 and he took it and ate before them.

44 And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

45 Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,

Footnotes

• [a] Or 'took it before them and ate.'