Luke 24:43

43 and he took [it] [and] ate [it] in front of 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 And [while] they were still disbelieving because of joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Do you have anything {to eat} here?"

42 So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

43 and he took [it] [and] ate [it] in front of them.

44 And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation