Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

John 21:12

Dine [α ρ ι σ τ η σ α τ ε]. Rather, breakfast. In Attic Greek ariston signified the mid - day meal; the evening meal being known as deipnon. The regular hour for the ariston cannot be fixed with precision. The drift of authority among Greek writers seems to be in favor of noon. The meal described here, however, evidently took place at an earlier hour, and would seem to have answered more nearly to the ajkratisma, or breakfast of the Greeks, which was taken directly upon rising. Plutarch, however, expressly states that both names were applied to the morning meal, and says of Alexander, "He was accustomed to breakfast [η ρ ι σ τ α] at early dawn, sitting, and to sup [ε δ ε ι π ν ε ι] late in the evening." In Matthew 22:4, it is an ariston to which the king's wedding - guests are invited. Ask [ε ξ ε τ α. σ α ι]. Rev., inquire. Implying careful and precise inquiry. It occurs only three times in the New Testament; of Herod's command to search diligently for the infant Christ (Matthew 2:8), and of the apostles ' inquiring out the worthy members of a household (Matthew 10:11).

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John 21:12

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