Luke 24:16

But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.

17And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?

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Cross References

2 Kings 6:18And the enemies came down to him, but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness. And the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.

Luke 24:31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight.

John 21:4But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

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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