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Luke 24:16 KJV
Luke · chapter 24 · verse 16
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.Luke 24:16 · King James Version
Luke 24:16 in context
14And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
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Key words (Strong's)
- holdenkrateōto have power, be powerful, to be chief, be master of, to rule, to get possession of, to…G2902 →
- eyesophthalmosthe eye, metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowingG3788 →
- knowepiginōskōto become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly, to know accurately, know well…G1921 →
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This appearance of Christ to the two disciples going to Emmaus was mentioned, and but just mentioned, before (Mar 16:12); here it is largely related. It happened the same day that Christ rose, the first day of the new world that rose with him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-35