Heinrich Meyer Commentary - Luke 24:41 - 24:43

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Heinrich Meyer Commentary - Luke 24:41 - 24:43


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Luk_24:41-43. Ἔτι ] in the sense of still; see Schneider, ad Plat. Rep. p. 449 C.

ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς ] on account of the (presently experienced by them, comp. Luk_22:45; Act_12:14; Mat_13:44) joy. That a great and happy surprise keeps back and delays the full conviction of the truth of the happy event itself, is a matter of psychological experience; Liv. xxxix. 49: Vix sibimet ipsi prae nec opinato gaudio credentes.

εἶπεν αὐτοῖς · ἔχετε κ . τ . λ .] πρὸς πλείονα πίστιν καὶ βεβαιοτέραν ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν φάσμ .], Euthymius Zigabenus.

καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσ . κηρίου ] and (some) of a bee’s honeycomb (favus). μελισσίου is added as a distinction from any other kind of honey. The word, however, does not elsewhere occur, but μελισσαῖος (Nicander, Th. 611); 1Sa_14:27 : κηρίον τοῦ μέλιτος . On διδόναι ἀπό , comp. Luk_20:10.

Luk_24:43. ἔφαγεν ] in respect of which what had already gone before (Luk_24:39-40) must keep at a distance the idea of a merely apparent eating, such as is attributed to angels, Tob_12:19 (comp. Gen_18:8; Gen_19:3). Comp. Act_10:41.