They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
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They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
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And they tolde what thinges was done in the waye and how they knewe him in breakynge of breed.
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Then they tolde what things were done in the way, and howe he was knowen of them in breaking of bread.
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Passages linked to Luke 24:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 16:12-13 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.
- Luke 24:30-31 When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them. Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, then he vanished out of their sight.
- Acts 2:42 They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain When he brake bread, which that people used, and…
When he brake bread, which that people used, and as the Jews use yet at this day at the beginning of their meals, and say a prayer.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 35 And they told what things were done in…
35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
Ver. 35. {See Trapp on "Luk 24:30"} Ex benedictionis forma solemni ipsi Christo antequam panem frangeret, saith Calvin here.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But they were terrified and affrighted,.... At the sight…
But they were terrified and affrighted,.... At the sight of him, and at his sudden appearance among them, without being heard, or seen before, and the doors shut and bolted; they could not tell how to account for it, that it should be Jesus himself risen from the dead in his own body, though they had been just speaking of his resurrection, and had had a confirmation of it from the disciples that went to Emmaus:
and supposed that they had seen a spirit; that what they saw was a phantom, or apparition, or a spirit, that had assumed, and appeared in, the shape of Jesus, and was not he himself.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain In the breaking of bread - The Lord's Supper.
In the breaking of bread - The Lord's Supper.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 35. And they] The two disciples who were…
Verse 35. And they] The two disciples who were just come from Emmaus, related what had happened to them on the way, going to Emmaus, and how he had been known unto them in the breaking of bread, while supping together at the above village. See Clarke on Lu 24:31.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 35. And they told—Mark says, nor believed they them,…
35. And they told—Mark says, nor believed they them, which Alford unwisely pronounces inconsistent with this passage. But the inconsistency is not in the Evangelists, but in the actors in the scene. They believed and they did not believe. They believed that a vision, or something, had taken place; they believed that Christ had risen and had been seen by Peter; and yet they could not realize the fact, either from strangeness or from joy. See note on Luk_24:41. It is probable that my readers and myself would have been in much the same state of mental ambiguity.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 35. in breaking of bread] Rather, in the breaking…
35. in breaking of bread] Rather, in the breaking of the bread. The alteration is important as giving to the act a sacramental character. It has been objected that Cleopas and his companion, not being Apostles, had not been present at the institution of the Lord’s Supper; but this was by no means the only occasion on which Christ had solemnly broken bread and blessed it (see Luk_9:16). St Mark adds that some of the disciples received even this narrative with distrust (Luk_16:13), which once more proves that, so far from being heated enthusiasts ready to accept any hallucination, they shewed on the contrary a most cautious reluctance in accepting even the most circumstantial evidence.
The young reader will be glad to see a part of the beautiful passage of Cowper on this scene:
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“It happen’d on a solemn eventide
Soon after He who was our surety died,
Two bosom friends, each pensively inclined,
The scene of all those sorrows left behind,
Sought their own village, busied as they went
In musings worthy of this great event.
They spake of Him they loved, of Him whose life,
Though blameless, had incurred perpetual strife.
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Ere yet they brought their journey to an end
A stranger joined them, courteous as a friend,
And asked them with a kind engaging air
What their affliction was, and begged a share.
* * * * *
He blessed the bread, but vanished at the word,
And left them bothexclaiming,’Twas the Lord!
Did not our hearts feel all He deigned to say,
Did not they burn within us by the way?”
Conversation.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (35) He was known of them in breaking of…
(35) He was known of them in breaking of bread.—The use by St. Luke of a term which, when he wrote, had already acquired a definite secondary meaning, as applied to “breaking bread “in the Supper of the Lord (Act_2:42; Act_2:46; 1Co_10:16), is every way significant. He meant men to connect the recognition at Emmaus with their daily or weekly communion in the Body and Blood of Christ.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they told what things were done in the…
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. The two travellers now relate to the eleven their wondrous story. The words used by Cleopas and his friend in their narration, en th klasei tou artou , which should be rendered," in the breaking of the bread," are significant. It is an expression which, at the time when St. Luke wrote his Gospel, had acquired a definite meaning in the language of the Christian Church, and was applied to breaking bread in the "Supper of the Lord". (see Act_2:42, 46 1Co_10:16) While they were speaking together, the personal appearance of the Lord was vouchsafed to them; for, of a sudden, he stood in the midst and spoke to them!
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