Luke 24:41

24:41 And while they still could not believe it ¹  (because of their joy) and were amazed, ²  he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ³ 

Luke 9:43

9:43 Then ⁴  they were all astonished at the mighty power ⁵  of God.

Another Prediction of Jesus’ Suffering

But while the entire crowd ⁶  was amazed at everything Jesus ⁷  was doing, he said to his disciples,

¹ sn They still could not believe it. Is this a continued statement of unbelief? Or is it a rhetorical expression of their amazement? They are being moved to faith, so a rhetorical force is more likely here.

² sn Amazement is the common response to unusual activity: 1:63; 2:18; 4:22; 7:9; 8:25; 9:43; 11:14; 20:26.

³ sn Do you have anything here to eat? Eating would remove the idea that a phantom was present. Angelic spirits refused a meal in Jdt 13:16 and Tob 12:19, but accepted it in Gen 18:8; 19:3 and Tob 6:6.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the response at the conclusion of the account.

⁵ sn The revelation of the mighty power of God was the manifestation of God’s power shown through Jesus. See Acts 10:38.

⁶ tn Grk “all”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tc Most mss, especially the later ones (A C W Θ Ψ 0115 ˹³ 33 892 Ï al), actually supply ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”) here. Since the earliest and best witnesses, along with many others (Ì⁷⁵ א B D L Ξ Ë¹ 579 700 1241 2542 pc lat), lack the name, and since scribes were unlikely to intentionally omit it, the shorter reading is preferred as the original reading.