Luke 24:29

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

In Context

28And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

30And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:3But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

Luke 14:23And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:14-36

The Disciples Going to Emmaus. 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are… Read the whole commentary →

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