A piece of broiled fish (ιχθυος οπτου μερος). Οπτος is a verbal from οπταω, to cook, to roast, to broil. Common word, but only her…

Honey-comb. Honey abounded in Palestine, and was a very common article of food. Bees lived in caves of the rocks, in the hollows of trees,…

A piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.—The fact is interesting as pointing to the common food of the disciples. Fish—as in the mi…

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?

A…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Lord had shown His disciples His hands and His feet to assure them that the same body which had s…

Verse 41a is a beautifully human touch. Jesus provides further evidence of his physical presence by eating (vv.42–43).

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish
Which was left by them at supper, of which they had been eating; for bei…

Jesus appeared in a miraculous manner, a uring the disciples of His peace—though they had so lately forsaken Him—and promising spiritual peace with…