Yes — Jesus ate before the disciples to prove that He was physically, bodily resurrected, not a ghost or a spirit.
The disciples were terrified and supposed they had seen a spirit, so Jesus showed them His hands and feet and then asked for food (Luke 24:37-39). They gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, and He took it and 'did eat before them' (Luke 24:42-43). Les Feldick stresses that Jesus did not say He did not need it — 'He ate it' — confirming both the physical reality of His body and the fact that the same human body was now eternal.
Luke 24:41-43 — This is the direct answer to the question — the disciples gave Jesus broiled fish and honeycomb and He ate it before them, proving His physical resurrection.
Luke 24:37-39 — It establishes the problem Jesus was addressing: the disciples supposed He was a spirit, and He answered by showing His hands and feet and declaring a spirit has no flesh and bones.
Luke 24:36-43 records the event. As the disciples were speaking, Jesus Himself stood in their midst and said, 'Peace be unto you.' But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit (Luke 24:37). Jesus asked, 'Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?' Then He said, 'Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have' (Luke 24:38-39). When He had shown them His hands and feet, the text says that while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He asked, 'Have ye here any meat?' They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb, 'and he took it, and did eat before them' (Luke 24:41-43). John 21 records a second post-resurrection meal at the Sea of Galilee. Jesus called to the disciples from the shore, and when they came to land they saw 'a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.' Jesus said, 'Come and dine,' and then 'cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise' (John 21:9-13). Scripture thus records — without speculation — that the risen Jesus genuinely ate in the presence of His disciples.
Les Feldick teaches that Jesus ate before the disciples to prove decisively that He was not a ghost or a spirit. He points out that 'a ghost doesn't have hands and feet' — Jesus stood before them visibly and physically, not 'fluttering in some kind of a mist' (Clip 0). Les highlights that most readers miss the little 'N-O-T' in Luke 24:41: even with joy, the disciples still believed not and could not comprehend that all this had taken place (Clip 1). So Jesus asked for food, and when they gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, 'He ate it. He ate it' — right there in His resurrected body (Clips 1, 2, 3, 6). Les also draws out the larger implications. He emphasizes that in the eternal state believers will be 'flesh and bone, not flesh and blood,' with the Spirit as the life-giving aspect of the new body (Clips 3, 7). And he teaches that Jesus' eating proved that 'for all eternity we're going to have a body that can still enjoy food' — without health problems, cholesterol, or weight concerns (Clip 6). He also connects the event to the 40-day period when Jesus spoke to the disciples of the things of the kingdom (Clip 5), and notes the similar breakfast on the shore of Galilee where Jesus had fish frying and bread ready (Clip 7).
Luke 24:37 records that the disciples were 'terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.' Jesus immediately asked why they were troubled and why thoughts arose in their hearts (Luke 24:38). Les Feldick notes that even after three years with Jesus, God had providentially hidden the understanding of His death and resurrection from them 'until the time that He has ordained that they understand' (Clip 0). The thought of a spirit was the natural conclusion for men who could not yet comprehend the resurrection.
Luke 24:42-43 says they gave Him 'a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb' and that 'he took it, and did eat before them.' Les points out that the King James word 'meat' in verse 41 means 'food,' and he emphasizes Jesus' response: 'Did He say, hey, fellas, I don't need this? No. He ate it. He ate it' (Clip 1). This was not a symbolic gesture — Jesus genuinely consumed food in His resurrected body.
Les teaches that today we describe our makeup as flesh and blood, but in the eternal state believers will be 'flesh and bone, not flesh and blood' (Clip 3). Jesus' own words support this: 'a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have' (Luke 24:39). Les describes Jesus' resurrected body as 'a human appearing body' that could do everything the disciples' bodies could do, yet it was now eternal, with the Spirit as its life-giving aspect (Clip 7).
Les draws a direct application: Jesus' eating proves that 'for all eternity we're going to have a body that can still enjoy food' (Clip 6). He reassures believers that they will enjoy food without worrying about pounds, health problems, or cholesterol. He also points to the breakfast on the Galilean shore where Jesus had fish frying and bread ready and 'ate with them' as further confirmation that the resurrected body can eat (Clip 7).
A Ghost Does Not Have Hands and Feet
Les explains that Jesus showed His hands and feet to prove He was standing visibly and physically before them — not a bodiless ghost or a mist — and that the disciples' inability to understand was providentially hidden from them.
He Ate the Broiled Fish and Honeycomb
Les emphasizes that most readers miss the 'N-O-T' in Luke 24:41 — the disciples still believed not — and that Jesus answered their doubt by actually taking and eating the food they gave Him.
Eating in the Resurrected Body
Les points out plainly that Jesus 'ate before them' in His resurrected body — a fact many people do not realize — and notes the separate post-resurrection event at the Sea of Galilee.
He Ate With That Glorified Body
Les calls it 'amazing' that Jesus ate fish and honeycomb with His glorified body, and connects the resurrected body to the future eternal state of flesh and bone, plus Jesus opening their understanding of Scripture.
A Spirit Hath Not Flesh and Bones
Les walks through Luke 24:36-40 to show the disciples' terror and belief that they saw a spirit, and Jesus' invitation to handle Him because a spirit has no flesh and bones.
Visible and Physical in the Forty Days
Les stresses that during the 40 days Jesus appeared with a physical body — not a fog or a science-fiction beaming — showing the same scars in His hands and feet.
Proof We Will Enjoy Food Forever
Les says Jesus' eating proved that for all eternity we will have a body that can still enjoy food — without health problems, cholesterol, or weight concerns.
Breakfast on the Galilean Shore
Les describes Jesus appearing in the upper room and on the seashore, frying fish and making bread, and eating with the disciples — showing that His human-appearing eternal body could do everything the disciples could.
Luke 24:37: But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Records the disciples' terror and belief that they saw a spirit — the very misconception Jesus' physical demonstration corrected.
Luke 24:39: Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Jesus' key statement that a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as they could see and handle in Him.
Luke 24:41-42: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
The immediate lead-up to the eating: the disciples still believed not for joy, and Jesus asked for food.
Luke 24:43: And he took it, and did eat before them.
The central verse — Jesus took the food and ate it before them, proving the reality of His body.
Luke 24:44-45: And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.
After eating, Jesus opened their understanding so they could finally understand the Scriptures.
John 21:12-13: Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
A second post-resurrection meal at the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus took bread and fish and gave them to the disciples.
Yes. Luke 24:42-43 records that the disciples gave Him a piece of broiled fish and a honeycomb, 'and he took it, and did eat before them.' Les Feldick emphasizes that Jesus did not wave it away — 'He ate it. He ate it' — demonstrating the physical reality of His resurrected body (Clip 1).
Luke 24:37 says they were 'terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.' Les explains that God had providentially hidden the full understanding of Jesus' death and resurrection from them until the time He ordained, so their fear and doubt are understandable (Clip 0).
Les teaches that Jesus' eating in His resurrected body was proof that 'for all eternity we're going to have a body that can still enjoy food' — without health problems, cholesterol, or weight concerns (Clip 6). He also cites Jesus cooking breakfast for the disciples on the Galilean shore (Clip 7).
Les explains that the King James word 'meat' 99 times out of 100 means simply 'food.' Jesus was asking whether they had any food, and they gave Him broiled fish and a honeycomb (Clip 1).
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