Luk 24:41 | NET2full | STEP | And while they still could not believe it ( because of their joy) and were amazed , he said to them , “Do you have anything here to eat ?”

‏ Luke 24:41

41 And while they still could not believe it ^{▼▼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.} (because of their joy) and were amazed, ^{▼▼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.} he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ^{▼▼sn Do you have anything here to eat? Eating would remove the idea that a phantom was present. Angelic spirits refused a meal in Judg 13:16 and Tob 12:19, but accepted it in Gen 18:8; 19:3 and Tob 6:6. (Tobit, a book of the OT Apocrypha, reflects views during the intertestamental period.)}