A piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. — The fact is interesting as pointing to the common food of the disciples. Fish — as in the miracles of the Five Thousand and the Four, and, we may add, in the narrative of John 21:9 — seems to have been the staple article of diet. Honey — as in the proverbial speech which described Canaan as a land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Deuteronomy 26:9; Deuteronomy 26:15; Jeremiah 11:5, et al.), as in the histories of Samson (Judges 14:8) and Jonathan (1 Samuel 14:27) and John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4) — was common enough to enter into the diet of the poor. Even in a time of scarcity, when the corn and the olive crops failed, or were laid waste, butter and honey remained as a resource which did not fail (Isaiah 7:15; Isaiah 7:22).
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Luke 24:42
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.