And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
In the upper room at Jerusalem soon after the Emmaus disciples arrived, Jesus himself stood among them as the risen Christ and asked whether there was anything at all to eat, for the word for meat means food in general. They still struggled to believe because they were so full of joy, wonder, amazement and astonishment at seeing Him alive, and His appearance dispelled their fear and brought gladness. To prove He was truly risen bodily and not a spirit, He ate before them to show His body had not seen corruption and that He was living and not dead, and they gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, while another account describes the food as bread and honeycomb. With the meal He also removed unbelief by explaining the straight chain of prophecy concerning Himself in Moses and the prophets, showing His wounded side and pierced hands and feet, letting them handle Him, and teaching them from the Scriptures to give them new and sacred hope. Their wonder and uncertainty then gave way to calm faith and joy with no room for unbelief among the eleven, and this eyewitness testimony of seeing Him, talking with Him, and finding the empty sepulcher was a decided triumph that made of no effect the falsehood of the priests.
Words and Setting
The word rendered as meat means food in general rather than animal flesh in particular, so the question is whether there is anything at all to eat. The scene is the upper room at Jerusalem after the resurrection, with the doors shut for fear of the Jews. It came soon after the two disciples from Emmaus arrived to report that they had found Jesus, when Jesus Himself came in and stood among them and revealed Himself as the risen Christ.
These appearances in the upper room at Jerusalem occurred twice, and there He told the disciples to remain in Jerusalem for a time. On the same day as this meal He had also joined two disciples walking to Emmaus and opened to them in Moses and all the prophets the things concerning Himself.
Bodily Risen, Joyfully Believed
They yet believed not for joy, for they were so full of joy and wonder and amazement and astonishment at seeing Jesus alive that they still struggled to believe it was truly He risen from the dead. His appearance among them dispelled their fears and brought them joy and gladness, yet their joy itself at first left them unable to believe. The joyful amazement that kept them from believing was met by His own gracious proof, for to show He was truly Jesus risen bodily and not a spirit He asked for something to eat and ate before them. By eating and drinking in their presence He gave abundant evidence that the Saviour was living and not dead and that His body had not seen corruption.
They gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, which He ate in front of them, and by this eating they recognized Him as their risen Saviour and not a spirit. Another account of the same meal describes the food as a piece of bread and a honeycomb, eaten before them so they saw it was Jesus, and describes Him as both eating and drinking before them. Along with eating, He removed unbelief by explaining the straight chain of prophecy about Himself, showing His wounded side and His pierced hands and feet, and letting them handle Him. In the upper room He taught them from the Scriptures concerning Himself, giving them a new and sacred hope and joy.
Their wonder and uncertainty and unbelief gave way to calm faith and joy when He ate food in their presence, and their doubt gave way to faith and joy as they were convinced He was truly risen. Because of that proof there was no room for unbelief in the minds of the eleven so that none of them doubted, while other followers were only partially convinced. They became calm and joyful in belief of the truth, leaving no room for unbelief. This eyewitness testimony that they had seen Him and talked with Him, that early in the morning of the first day of the week they went to the sepulcher and found it empty and saw the shroud but did not find Him, was a decided triumph that made of none effect the falsehood of the priests and established Christianity by evidence that could not be controverted. Their surprise came because they did not accept Him by faith, and if they had had faith they would have enjoyed the joyful time much better.
In the upper room at Jerusalem soon after the Emmaus disciples arrived, Jesus himself stood among them as the risen Christ and asked whether there was anything at all to eat, for the word for meat means food in general. They still struggled to believe because they were so full of joy, wonder, amazement and astonishment at seeing Him alive, and His appearance dispelled their fear and brought gladness. To prove He was truly risen bodily and not a spirit, He ate before them to show His body had not seen corruption and that He was living and not dead, and they gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, while another account describes the food as bread and honeycomb. With the meal He also removed unbelief by explaining the straight chain of prophecy concerning Himself in Moses and the prophets, showing His wounded side and pierced hands and feet, letting them handle Him, and teaching them from the Scriptures to give them new and sacred hope. Their wonder and uncertainty then gave way to calm faith and joy with no room for unbelief among the eleven, and this eyewitness testimony of seeing Him, talking with Him, and finding the empty sepulcher was a decided triumph that made of no effect the falsehood of the priests.
Words and Setting
The word rendered as meat means food in general rather than animal flesh in particular, so the question is whether there is anything at all to eat. The scene is the upper room at Jerusalem after the resurrection, with the doors shut for fear of the Jews. It came soon after the two disciples from Emmaus arrived to report that they had found Jesus, when Jesus Himself came in and stood among them and revealed Himself as the risen Christ.
These appearances in the upper room at Jerusalem occurred twice, and there He told the disciples to remain in Jerusalem for a time. On the same day as this meal He had also joined two disciples walking to Emmaus and opened to them in Moses and all the prophets the things concerning Himself.
Bodily Risen, Joyfully Believed
They yet believed not for joy, for they were so full of joy and wonder and amazement and astonishment at seeing Jesus alive that they still struggled to believe it was truly He risen from the dead. His appearance among them dispelled their fears and brought them joy and gladness, yet their joy itself at first left them unable to believe. The joyful amazement that kept them from believing was met by His own gracious proof, for to show He was truly Jesus risen bodily and not a spirit He asked for something to eat and ate before them. By eating and drinking in their presence He gave abundant evidence that the Saviour was living and not dead and that His body had not seen corruption.
They gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, which He ate in front of them, and by this eating they recognized Him as their risen Saviour and not a spirit. Another account of the same meal describes the food as a piece of bread and a honeycomb, eaten before them so they saw it was Jesus, and describes Him as both eating and drinking before them. Along with eating, He removed unbelief by explaining the straight chain of prophecy about Himself, showing His wounded side and His pierced hands and feet, and letting them handle Him. In the upper room He taught them from the Scriptures concerning Himself, giving them a new and sacred hope and joy.
Their wonder and uncertainty and unbelief gave way to calm faith and joy when He ate food in their presence, and their doubt gave way to faith and joy as they were convinced He was truly risen. Because of that proof there was no room for unbelief in the minds of the eleven so that none of them doubted, while other followers were only partially convinced. They became calm and joyful in belief of the truth, leaving no room for unbelief. This eyewitness testimony that they had seen Him and talked with Him, that early in the morning of the first day of the week they went to the sepulcher and found it empty and saw the shroud but did not find Him, was a decided triumph that made of none effect the falsehood of the priests and established Christianity by evidence that could not be controverted. Their surprise came because they did not accept Him by faith, and if they had had faith they would have enjoyed the joyful time much better.