Luke 24:36–43
Jesus eats fish in front of them to show he is not a spirit
Study it word by word36And while they were saying these things, he himself stood in the middle of them.
37But startled and terrified, they thought they were seeing a spirit.
38And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your heart?
39See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; touch me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Do you have anything to eat here?”
42And they gave him a piece of broiled fish;
43and he took it and ate it before them.
In its context
34saying, “The Lord has really been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
35And they were relating the things on the road, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
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44And he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
45Then he opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.
Its words in the original
- λαλούντωνlalountōn· speak
Speak, talk.
- ἔστηestē· stand, set
Stand, stand still, stop; also set, establish.
- μέσῳmesōi· middle
Middle, in the midst.
- πτοηθέντεςptoēthentes· be terrified
Be terrified, startled, frightened.
- ἔμφοβοιemphoboi· terrified
Terrified, full of fear.
- γενόμενοιgenomenoi· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ἐδόκουνedokoun· think, seem
Think, suppose, seem; also be held in high regard.
- πνεῦμαpneuma· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- θεωρεῖνtheōrein· see, watch
Look at, watch, observe.
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- τεταραγμένοιtetaragmenoi· trouble, stir up
Trouble, stir up, disturb.
- ἐστέeste· be
Be, exist.
- διαλογισμοὶdialogismoi· thought, argument
Thought, reasoning; also a dispute, doubt.
- ἀναβαίνουσινanabainousin· go up
Go up, come up, ascend.
- καρδίᾳkardiai· heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
- ἴδετεidete· see
See, look; notice.
- χεῖράςcheiras· hand
Hand.
- πόδαςpodas· foot
Foot.
- ψηλαφήσατέpsēlaphēsate· touch, handle
To touch, to handle.
- σάρκαsarka· flesh
Flesh: the body, and weak human nature; "flesh and blood", a human being with only human strength.
- ὀστέαostea· bone
Bone.
- ἔχειechei· have
Have, possess, hold.
- ἔδειξενedeixen· show
Show, point out.
- ἀπιστούντωνapistountōn· disbelieve
Not believe, refuse to believe; be unfaithful.
- χαρᾶςcharas· joy
Joy, gladness.
- θαυμαζόντωνthaumazontōn· marvel, wonder
Marvel, be amazed.
- βρώσιμονbrōsimon· edible
Edible; "something to eat".
- ἐνθάδεenthade· here
Here, to this place.
- ἐπέδωκανepedōkan· hand over, give
Give, hand over, put into someone's hand; also give way.
- ἰχθύοςichthyos· fish
Fish.
- ὀπτοῦoptou· broiled
Broiled, roasted.
- μέροςmeros· part
Part; in the plural, region, district.
- λαβὼνlabōn· take, receive
Take, receive.
- ἐνώπιονenōpion· before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
- ἔφαγενephagen· eat
Eat.