Genesis 18:8

8. Butter “This is commonly clotted cream . The milk is chiefly that of the goat, which is very rich and sweet, rather sickening to an unpracticed taste . This kind of milk we found abundant in Palestine, and no other . ” Jacobus .

Stood by them As a reverent attendant and waiter, fully appreciating the honour of the occasion .

They did eat As truly as did the risen Lord . Luke 24:43. It was not because they needed food, but as, in our Lord’s case, to convince Abraham and Sarah of the reality of this divine visitation . See on Genesis 18:2. “If the angels had assumed human bodies, though but for a time, there would have been nothing strange in their eating . In any case the food may have been consumed, miraculously or not; and the eating of it was a proof that the visit of the angels to Abraham was no mere vision, but a true manifestation of heavenly beings . ” Speaker’s Com .