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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:17

And he said unto them ,.... That is, "Jesus", as the Persic version, or "our Lord", as the Ethiopic version, expresses it: what manner of communications are these, that ye have one to another, as ye walk ? what is the subject of your discourse; what is it your conversation one with another turns upon in your journey? and are sad ? what melancholy story are you telling to one another, which causes such sadness of countenance, and dejection of mind? for Christ by their countenances and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:18

And one of them, whose name was Cleophas ,.... Or Alphaeus, for it is the same name; he was one of the seventy disciples, and father of the Apostles James and Jude, and brother to Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Christ, as before observed: 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 ? The Persic version reads, "in these two days": the sense that whereas he appeared to come from... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:19

And he said unto them, what things ?.... Still appearing as if he was ignorant, and in order to, draw out of them a particular relation: and they said unto him ; both of them, or rather Cleophas, for himself and his companion: concerning Jesus of Nazareth ; that is, what had happened to him, who was commonly known by this name, and was called so by way of contempt: but which was a prophet ; not only a foreteller of things to come, as he foretold his sufferings, death, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:20

And how the chief priests and our rulers ,.... Civil and ecclesiastic: delivered him ; to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor: to be condemned to death ; the death of the cross, by the said governor, having first seized him and examined him before their sanhedrim, and pronounced him guilty of death: and have crucified him ; for though Pilate passed the sentence, and the Roman soldiers executed it, yet these men are said to do it, because it was at their request, and through their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:21

But we trusted ,.... "In him", as the Ethiopic version adds: that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel ; they thought, hoped, and believed, that he was the Messiah, spoken of under the character of the Redeemer of Israel; and they had been in expectation of redemption by him, though only of a temporal kind, from the Roman yoke and bondage; but now they could not tell what to think of it, since he was dead; indeed they were not altogether without hope, since there was a report... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:22

Yea, and certain women also of our company ,.... Who came with them from Galilee, who were of the same religion, professed the same faith, and belonged to the same society and community; who they were, and their names, see Luke 24:10 . made us astonished ; surprised us, with an account they brought, so that we could not, nor can we now tell, what to think or say of it; it is such an one, we know not how to believe, nor to disprove; it is we fear too good to be true, and should it be as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:23

And when they found not his body ,.... In the sepulchre, as they expected, and so could not do what they intended: they came ; they returned from the sepulchre with great haste, and in a very great fright, and came to the disciples, where they were assembled; saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels . The Syriac and Persic versions add, "there"; at the sepulchre, for there were two of them at least, if not three; see Luke 24:4 . They not only reported, that they could not... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:24

And certain of them which were with us ,.... The apostles and brethren, who were together when the women came, and made the above report; particularly Peter, who is named, Luke 24:12 and John, who also was with him, as appears from John 20:2 these went to the sepulchre ; of Jesus, to satisfy themselves and their companions, as much as they could, about these things: and found it even so as the women had said ; that is, that the body of Jesus was not there, and that the linen... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:25

Then he said unto them ,.... That is, Jesus said unto them, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: O fools ; not in a natural sense, as if they were destitute of the common understanding of men; nor in a moral sense, as wicked men, and as they themselves had been in their unregenerate estate; nor in a way of anger and contempt, and with a design to provoke; wherefore Christ did not act contrary to his own rule, in Matthew 5:22 but because they were so void of understanding in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:26

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things ,.... Mentioned in Luke 24:20 as to be delivered by the chief priests, to be condemned to death, and to be crucified: Christ suffered many things in his personal character, being traduced as a sinful and wicked man, and a friend and encourager of sinners; as a man of immoral principles and practices; as an idolater, a blasphemer, an impostor, a seditious person; as one that had had familiarity with the devil, and did his miracles by his... read more

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