{If ye have tasted} (ei egeusasthe). Condition of first
class with ei and first aorist middle indicative of geu(935c) in
figurative sense as in  Heb 6:4f . "A taste excites the appetite"
(Bengel). {Gracious} (chr(8873)tos). Quotation from  Ps 34:8 . The
Hebrew for the LXX chr(8873)tos is simply _tobh_ (good). Plato used
the word for food also, and Peter carries out the metaphor in
gala (milk) as in  Lu 5:39 .