Luke 24:43 (WEB)
He took them, and ate in front of them.
Catechism · 2
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. DV 14-16; Lk 24:13-49.
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
“He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 24:30, 39-40, 41-43; Jn 20:20, 27; 21:9, 13-15.
Fathers and councils · 14
Athanasius of Alexandria
“For ‘they gave Him,’ Scripture says, ‘a piece of a broiled fish and of an honey-comb, and’ when He had ‘eaten before them, He took the remains and gave to them.’” — editor's note: Ib. xxiv. 42, 43, vid. Wetstein in loc.
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John Damascene
“For, although He did taste food after the resurrection, yet He did not do so because it was a law of His nature (for He felt no hunger), but in the way of economy, in order that He might convince us of the reality of the resurrection, and that it was one and the same flesh which suffered and rose again.” — editor's note: St. Luke xxiv. 43.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…the Lord’s day; since, by the providence of divine grace, the course of the Lessons in Church included the account of our Saviour’s going up into the heavens; and what was then said was spoken principally for the sake of all, and for the assembled body of the faithful, yet especially for thy sake.” — editor's note: The section Luke xxiv. 36–53, which in the Eastern Church is the Gospel for Ascension Day, is also one of the “eleven morning Gospels of the Resurrection…
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Augustine of Hippo
“And when He had eaten before them, He took what remained, and gave it unto them.”” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 41–43.
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Jerome
“And the fact that Peter saw the Lord standing on the shore and eating a piece of a roasted fish and a honeycomb.” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 42, 43.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Have you anything to eat here? said the Lord to the disciples after the resurrection; and they, as taught by Him to practice frugality, “gave Him a piece of broiled fish;” and having eaten before them, says Luke, He spoke to them what He spoke.” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 41–44.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
The Lord had shewn His disciples His hands and His feet, that He might certify to them that the same body which had suffered rose again. But to confirm them still more, He asked for something to eat.
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By the command of the law indeed the Passover was eaten with bitter herbs, because the bitterness of bondage still remained, but after the resurrection the food is sweetened with a honeycomb; as it follows, And they…
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To convey therefore the truth of His resurrection, He condescends not only to be touched by His disciples, but to eat with them, that they might not suspect that His appearance was not actual, but only imaginary.…
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But some one will say, If we allow that our Lord ate after His resurrection, let us also grant that all men will after the resurrection take the nourishment of food. But these things which for a certain purpose are…
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He ate therefore after the resurrection, not as needing food, nor as signifying that the resurrection which we are expecting will need food; but that He might thereby build up the nature of a rising body. But…
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The things eaten seem also to contain another mystery. For in that He ate part of a broiled fish, He signifies that having burnt by the fire of His own divinity our nature swimming in the sea of this life, and dried…
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But after that He was seen, touched, and had eaten, lest He should seem to have mocked the human senses in any one respect, He had recourse to the Scriptures. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake…
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Let those then who dream that Christ could have done such things by magical arts, and by the same art have consecrated His name to the nations to be converted to Him, consider whether He could by magical arts fill…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.1.