Luke 24:16
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
In Context
15And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.
17He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along with sadness on your faces?”
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
Luke 24:31Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
John 21:4Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize 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 →