He took them, and ate in front of them.
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He took them, and ate in front of them.
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And he toke it and ate it before them.
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And hee tooke it, and did eate before them.
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- Acts 10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 43 And he took it, and did eat before…
43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
Ver. 43. And did eat] Not out of any natural necessity or desire after meat, as once before his passion; but for confirmation of their faith.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, thus it is written,....…
And he said unto them, thus it is written,.... In the above cited books of the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms; not what after follows, in so many words, but the matter and substance thereof:
and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; it was necessary, both because of the decree and appointment of God, and because of the prophecies and predictions of the Old Testament; see Luk 24:25.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He took it and ate before them - Not…
He took it and ate before them - Not that he had any need of food; but to give them still further evidence.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Christ eat, not because he stood in need of…
Christ eat, not because he stood in need of food to sustain himself after his resurrection, as we sustain our bodies and lives by corporal refreshment; but he did it, to shew his disciples that his body was really risen from the dead. (Ven. Bede)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain eat before them--that is, let them see Him doing…
eat before them--that is, let them see Him doing it: not for His own necessity, but their conviction.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. and did eat before them] This was one…
43. and did eat before them] This was one of the ‘infallible proofs’ appealed to in Act_1:3; comp. Joh_21:12-13; “who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead,” Act_10:41. Jerome (adv. Pelag. ii.) mentions a strange addition in some MSS., viz. that the disciples said that ‘the wickedness and incredulity of the age is a substance which does not permit the true virtue of God to be apprehended through impure spirits; therefore even now reveal Thy justice.’
A few MSS. and versions here add, ‘and gave them the remains.’
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