Luke 24:43

Luke 24:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he took it, and did eat before them.
• New International Version (NIV)and he took it and ate it in their presence.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he took it and ate before them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He took it and ate in their presence.

Context of Luke 24:43

41Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he ate it as they watched. 44Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Luke 24:43 word by word

καὶ λαβὼν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἔφαγεν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• and did eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 24:43

• Acts 10:41not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Commentaries on Luke 24:43

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39-43Verses 39-43 Behold my hands … - Jesus proceeds to give them evidence that he was truly the same person that had been crucified. He first showed them his hands and his feet - still, pierced, and with the wounds made by the nails still open. Compare John 20:27. He told them to handle him and see him. He ate before them. All this was to satisfy them that he was not, as they supposed, a spirit. Nor could better evidence have been given. He appealed to their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-49Verses 36-49 Jesus appeared in a miraculous manner, assuring the disciples of his peace, though they had so lately forsaken him, and promising spiritual peace with every blessing. Many troublesome thoughts which disquiet our minds, rise from mistakes concerning Christ. All the troublesome thoughts which rise in our hearts at any time, are known to the Lord Jesus, and are displeasing to him. He spake with them on their unreasonable unbelief. Nothing had…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4339-43. Behold, &c.--lovingly offering them both ocular and tangible demonstration of the reality of His resurrection. a spirit hath not--an important statement regarding "spirits." flesh and bones--He says not "flesh and blood"; for the blood is the life of the animal and corruptible body (Ge 9:4), which "cannot inherit the kingdom of God" (1Co 15:50); but "flesh and bones," implying the identity, but with diversity of laws, of the resurrection body. (See…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 24:43

• Jesus, the Christ
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Fishing, the art of
• Fool
• Happen
• Open
• Ought
• Resurrection of Christ
• Tale
• Talk
• Terrify
• Thereabout

Commentaries on Luke 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings