Luke 24:16

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But they were prevented from recognizing him.

King James Version (1611)
But their eyes were holden, that they should not know him.

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

English Standard Version
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

New American Standard Bible
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

New Century Version
but they were kept from recognizing him.

Amplified Bible
But their eyes were [miraculously] prevented from recognizing Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

Contemporary English Version
But they did not know who he was.

Complete Jewish Bible
but something kept them from recognizing him.

Darby Translation
but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.

Easy-to-Read Version
(But the two men were not allowed to recognize Jesus.)

Geneva Bible (1587)
But their eyes were holden, that they could not know him.

George Lamsa Translation
But the sight of their eyes was holden, so that they could not recognize him.

Good News Translation
they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him.

Lexham English Bible
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

Literal Translation
But their eyes were held so as not to recognize Him.

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

Bible in Basic English
But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

Hebrew Names Version
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

International Standard Version
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.John 20:14; 21:4;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And their eyes were holden, that they should not know him.

Murdock Translation
And their eyes were held, that they did not recognize him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But their eyes were holden, that they shoulde not knowe him.

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

World English Bible
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But their eyes were holden, so that they did not know him.

Weymouth's New Testament
though they were prevented from recognizing Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But her iyen weren holdun, that thei knewen him not.

Update Bible Version
But their eyes were held that they should not know him.

Webster's Bible Translation
But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

New English Translation
(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

New King James Version
But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.

New Living Translation
But God kept them from recognizing him.

New Life Bible
Something kept their eyes from seeing Who He was.

New Revised Standard
but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, their eyes, were held, so as not to know him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

Revised Standard Version
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But their eyes were holden that they coulde not knowe him.

Young's Literal Translation
and their eyes were holden so as not to know him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But their eyes were holden, that they shulde not knowe hi.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but their eyes were affected so as not to discern who he was.

Simplified Cowboy Version
God kept the two from recognizing Jesus.

Contextual Overview

¹³That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. ¹⁵And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them. ¹⁶But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.¹⁷He asked them, "What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?" They stood still, with sadness on their faces. ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, "Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?" ¹⁹"What things?" He asked. "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. "This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people. ²⁰Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him. ²¹But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place. ²²Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 24:31, 2 Kings 6:18-20, Mark 16:12, John 20:14, John 21:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:19 - General Genesis 42:8 - but they knew Numbers 22:31 - opened 2 Kings 6:19 - I will bring

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said.

Genesis 24:17
So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."

Genesis 24:18
"Drink, my lord," she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Genesis 26:7
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."

Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph's care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one." My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 disposing them, that they did not look up to Christ their new fellow traveller, who walked on with them: and this was so ordered, that they should not know him; that so they might not be surprised at once, as they would have been, had they looked at him, and discerned who he was; and that they might converse the more freely with him; and that he might convince them of their stupidity and unbelief, by proper arguments.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their eyes were holden - This expression is used merely to denote that they did not “know” who he was. It does not appear that there was anything supernatural or miraculous in it, or that God used any power to blind them. It may easily be accounted for without any such supposition; for,

1. Jesus appeared “in another form” Mark 16:12 - that is, different from his “usual” appearance.
2. They were not “expecting” to see him - indeed, they did not suppose that he was alive, and it required the strongest evidence to convince them that he was really risen from the dead.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 24:16. Their eyes were holden — It does not appear that there was any thing supernatural here, for the reason why these persons (who were not apostles, see Luke 24:33) did not recollect our Lord is given by Mark, Mark 16:12, who says that Christ appeared to them in another form.