Luke 24:5 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 24:5

As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

KJV

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (373)

(Lib. de Inc. Fil. Dei.) He might indeed at once have raised His body from the dead. But some one would have said that He was never dead, or that death plainly had never existed in Him. And perhaps if the resurrection of our Lord had been delayed beyond the third day, the glory of incorruption had been concealed. In order therefore to show His body to be dead, He suffered the interval of one day, and on the third day manifested His body to be without corruption.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Witness is hereby given to Christ that he is living, of him it is witnessed that he liveth ( Heb. vii. 8 ), and it is the comfort of all the saints, I know that my Redeemer liveth; for because he lives we shall live also.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Why seek ye the living among the dead? - This was a common form of speech among the Jews, and seems to be applied to those who were foolishly, impertinently, or absurdly employed. As places of burial were unclean, it was not reasonable to suppose that the living should frequent them; or that if any was missing he was likely to be found in such places.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Why, &c.--Astonishing question! not "the risen," but "the Living One" (compare Re 1:18); and the surprise expressed in it implies an incongruity in His being there at all, as if, though He might submit to it, "it was impossible He should be holden of it" (Ac 2:24).

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐμφόβων	emphobōn	Terrified	G1719 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
γενομένων	genomenōn	were becoming	G1096 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κλινουσῶν	klinousōn	bowing	G2827 →
τὰ	ta	their	G3588 →
πρόσωπα	prosōpa	faces	G4383 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	ground	G1093 →
εἶπαν	eipan	they said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτάς·	autas	them;	G846 →
τί	ti	Why	G5101 →
ζητεῖτε	zēteite	seek you	G2212 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ζῶντα	zōnta	living	G2198 →
μετὰ	meta	among	G3326 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
νεκρῶν;	nekrōn	dead?	G3498 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:18
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
leads to
- Romans 6:9
  For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
- Hebrews 7:25
  Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Romans 14:8–9
  If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- Psalms 68:20
  Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
- Revelation 3:7
  To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
Through
Revelation 2:8
To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
leads to
- Revelation 1:17–18
  When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Revelation 1:8
  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Revelation 1:11
  saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”