And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Ver. 9. And went on eating.] So must we pass on toward our heavenly Father's house, feeding on the heavenly manna, sucking sweetness out of the precious promises, Isa 66:11 which are pabulum fidei, the food of faith.
But he told not them.] Taciturnity is sometimes a virtue; and Tacitus is Primus in Historia. If this had come abroad, where had been the matter of his riddle?