Luke 24:16 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 24:16

But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

KJV

But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, CHAPTER 24 (444)

As two of the disciples walked to a village called Emmaus, they talked about Christ, regarding him as no longer living but mourning him as dead. As they conversed, Jesus drew near and went with them, without being recognized by them, for their eyes were restrained, so that they should not know him. You must know that these two disciples belonged to the number of the seventy, and that Cleopas's companion was Simon—not Peter or the one of Cana—but another Simon, of the seventy.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 23 (604)

Therefore the Lord performed outwardly in the eyes of the body what was happening within them in the eyes of the heart. For they themselves within were both loving and doubting, while the Lord outwardly was both present to them and yet did not reveal who He was. To those speaking about Him He showed His presence, but from those doubting Him He hid the appearance of His recognition.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Their eyes were holden - It does not appear that there was any thing supernatural here, for the reason why these persons (who were not apostles, see Luk 24:33) did not recollect our Lord is given by Mark, Mar 16:12, who says that Christ appeared to them in another form.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1180: “Jesus Near but Unrecognized” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1874)

THE Lord may be present with His people and yet they may not be conscious of it. They may be conscious of the effect produced thereby, but not of the fact itself. When the Lord visited Abraham in his tent on the plains of Mamre, at the first, at least, Abraham thought he was receiving a wayfaring man and so he entertained the Angel of the Covenant unawares. When the Lord appeared unto Jacob he rose up from the vision and said, "Surely God was in this place, and I knew it not."

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	but	G1161 →
ὀφθαλμοὶ	ophthalmoi	the eyes	G3788 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
ἐκρατοῦντο	ekratounto	were held	G2902 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐπιγνῶναι	epignōnai	to know	G1921 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

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
Luke 24:31
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
leads to
- John 8:59
  At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Mark 16:12
After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country.
leads to
- Luke 24:13–32
  That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Through
John 21:4
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
leads to
- John 20:14
  When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
- Luke 24:15–16
  And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.
Through
John 20:14
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
leads to
- John 21:4
  Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
- Mark 16:9
  Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
- Song of Solomon 3:3–4
  I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
- Matthew 28:9
  Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.