8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
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And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The appearance of God to Abraham seems to have had in it more of freedom and familiarity, and less of grandeur and majesty, than those we have hitherto read of; and therefore more resembles that great visit which, in the fullness of time, the Son of God was to make to the world, when the Word would be flesh, and appear as one of us. Observe here, I. How Abraham expected strangers, and how richly h…
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