“Then the angel of the Lord said to him, "Gut this fish, etc." The Lord gutted the fish when He revealed the devil's wickedness more broadly to the saints, and as if eviscerated the hidden schemes of his plots. He kept the heart for Himself, because He wrapped up his cunning in the holy books; about which it is written…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
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4To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.
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2And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
3Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
— Tobit 6:4 —
5So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatane.
6Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?