And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb,
And they gave him part of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb;
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches2
Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.
Voices2
Yes, and besides the figure, there is contumely with ready lip, and dishonour, and infamy, and the ferocity involved in the cruel things which then disfigured and lacerated the temples of the Lord, that you may now be crowned with laurel, and myrtle, and olive, and any famous branch, and which is of more use, with hundred-leaved roses too, culled from the garden of Midas, and with both kinds of lily, and with violets of all sorts, perhaps also with gems and gold, so as even to rival that crown of Christ which He afterwards obtained.
Tertullian· De Corona, 220patristic
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,.... Which was left by them at supper, of which they had been eating; for being fishermen, most of them, this was agreeable food to them: and of an honeycomb; not to eat with the fish, but after it.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
