Luke 24:13-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 24:13-35

This appearance of Christ to the two disciples going to Emmaus was mentioned, and but just mentioned, before (Mark 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. One of these two disciples was Cleopas or Alpheus, said by the ancients to be the brother of Joseph, Christ's supposed father; who the other was is not certain. Some think it was Peter; it should seem indeed that Christ did appear particularly to Peter... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 24:13-35

24:13-35 Now--look you--on that same day two of them were on the way to a village called Emmaus, which is about seven miles from Jerusalem; and they talked with each other about all the things which had happened. As they talked about them, and discussed them, Jesus himself came up to them and joined them on their way. But their eyes were fastened so that they did not recognize him. He said to them, "What words are these that you are exchanging with each other as you walk?" And they stood with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:13

And behold two of them went that same day ,.... Two of the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not of the eleven apostles, for it is certain that one of them was not an apostle; but two of the seventy disciples, or of the society of the hundred and twenty that were together: one of these was Cleophas or Alphaeus, as appears from Luke 24:18 the other is, by some, thought to be Luke the Evangelist, as Theophylact on the place observes, who, out of modesty, mentions not his name; others... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:14

And they talked together ,.... As they went along, on their journey: of all these things which had happened ; concerning their dear Lord and master, Jesus Christ; how that he had been betrayed by Judas, one of his disciples; had been led bound, first to Annas, and then Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose palace he had been condemned to death; how that he was delivered by the chief priests and elders, to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of whom they requested, that he might be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:15

And it came to pass, that while they communed together ,.... About the above said things: and reasoned ; with one another; about the truth and credibility of the late report: Jesus himself drew near : the Persic version adds, "suddenly"; he came up at once to them, as if he had been a traveller on the road, and overtook them: and went with them ; joined himself in company to them, and travelled with them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:16

But their eyes were holden , &c.; The Ethiopic version adds, "and were covered"; and the Arabic version renders it, "now he had veiled their eyes", ascribing it to Christ; and the Persic version renders it, "and the eyes of the disciples were shut": to me it seems, that their eyes: were held downwards; or they kept looking upon the ground as they walked, which was a posture suitable to their melancholy spirits; and there might be a peculiar influence of divine power and providence, so... read more

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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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