Luke 24:41-43

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  24:42 So ⁴  they gave him a piece of broiled fish, 24:43 and he took it and ate it in front of them.

Mark 5:43

5:43 He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, ⁵  and told them to give her something to eat.

John 11:44

11:44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, ⁶  and a cloth wrapped around his face. ⁷  Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him ⁸  and let him go.”

[24:41]  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.

[24:41]  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.

[24:41]  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.

[24:42]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ request for food.

[5:43]  ⁵ sn That no one should know about this. See the note on the phrase who he was in 3:12.

[11:44]  ⁶ sn Many have wondered how Lazarus got out of the tomb if his hands and feet were still tied up with strips of cloth. The author does not tell, and with a miracle of this magnitude, this is not an important fact to know. If Lazarus’ decomposing body was brought back to life by the power of God, then it could certainly have been moved out of the tomb by that same power. Others have suggested that the legs were bound separately, which would remove the difficulty, but the account gives no indication of this. What may be of more significance for the author is the comparison which this picture naturally evokes with the resurrection of Jesus, where the graveclothes stayed in the tomb neatly folded (20:6-7). Jesus, unlike Lazarus, would never need graveclothes again.

[11:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “and his face tied around with cloth.”

[11:44]  ⁸ tn Grk “Loose him.”