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Complete Jewish Bible

Luke 24:52

They bowed in worship to him, then returned to Yerushalayim, overflowing with joy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ascension;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Joy;   Praise;   Thompson Chain Reference - Attendance;   Great;   House of God;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   Sabbath;   Sanctuary;   Worship;   Worship, True and False;   Worshipped, Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Joy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mark, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Olves, Mount of;   Resurrection of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Joy;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ascension;   Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ascension;   Body (2);   Mount Mountain ;   Mount of Olives ;   Pentecost ;   Prayer (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Olives, Mount of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
King James Version (1611)
And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem, with great ioy:
King James Version
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
English Standard Version
And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
New American Standard Bible
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
New Century Version
They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem very happy.
Amplified Bible
And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy [fully understanding that He lives and that He is the Son of God];
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Legacy Standard Bible
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Berean Standard Bible
And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Contemporary English Version
After his disciples had worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem and were very happy.
Darby Translation
And *they*, having done him homage, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Easy-to-Read Version
They worshiped him and went back to Jerusalem very happy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem with great ioy,
George Lamsa Translation
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;
Good News Translation
They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy,
Lexham English Bible
And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
Literal Translation
And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
American Standard Version
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
Bible in Basic English
And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.
Hebrew Names Version
They worshiped him, and returned to Yerushalayim with great joy,
International Standard Version
They worshiped him andworshiped him and
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Etheridge Translation
And they worshipped him, and returned to Urishlem with great joy. And at all time were they in the temple,
Murdock Translation
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem with great ioy,
English Revised Version
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
World English Bible
They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Weymouth's New Testament
They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei worschipiden, and wenten ayen in to Jerusalem with greet ioye,
Update Bible Version
And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
Webster's Bible Translation
And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
New English Translation
So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
New King James Version
And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
New Living Translation
So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.
New Life Bible
they worshiped Him). Then they went back to Jerusalem with great joy.
New Revised Standard
And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they, returned unto Jerusalem, with great joy;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy.
Revised Standard Version
And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they worshipped him and returned to Ierusalem with greate ioye
Young's Literal Translation
and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they worshipped him, and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye:
Mace New Testament (1729)
and they worship'd him, and with great joy return'd to Jerusalem,
THE MESSAGE
And they were on their knees, worshiping him. They returned to Jerusalem bursting with joy. They spent all their time in the Temple praising God. Yes.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They stayed there for a while and worshiped​ him. Then they returned to Jerusalem, ​and their hearts were full of joy.

Contextual Overview

50 He led them out toward Beit-Anyah; then, raising his hands, he said a b'rakhah over them; 51 and as he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 They bowed in worship to him, then returned to Yerushalayim, overflowing with joy. 53 And they spent all their time in the Temple courts, praising God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Matthew 28:9, Matthew 28:17, John 20:28

with: Psalms 30:11, John 14:28, John 16:7, John 16:22, 1 Peter 1:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 45:11 - worship Matthew 14:33 - worshipped John 9:38 - Lord Acts 1:12 - from Revelation 4:10 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
By now Avraham was old, advanced in years; and Adonai had blessed Avraham in everything.
Genesis 24:2
Avraham said to the servant who had served him the longest, who was in charge of all he owned, "Put your hand under my thigh;
Genesis 24:21
The man gazed at her in silence, waiting to find out whether Adonai had made his trip successful or not.
Genesis 24:22
When the camels were done drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing one-fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces
Genesis 24:25
adding, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, and room for staying overnight."
Genesis 24:26
The man bowed his head and prostrated himself before Adonai .
Genesis 24:48
bowed my head, prostrated myself before Adonai and blessed Adonai , God of my master Avraham, for having led me in the right way to obtain my master's brother's [grand]daughter for his son.
1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to all the community, "Now bless Adonai your God." All the community blessed Adonai , the God of their ancestors, bowing their heads and prostrating themselves before Adonai and before the king.
2 Chronicles 20:18
Y'hoshafat bowed his head with his face to the ground; while all Y'hudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim fell down before Adonai , worshipping Adonai ;
Psalms 95:6
Come, let's bow down and worship; let's kneel before Adonai who made us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they worshipped him,.... Not with a civil worship, as he was sometimes worshipped by men, in the days of his flesh, who, though they took him for some extraordinary person, knew him not to be the Son of God; but with religious worship as God: for by his resurrection from the dead, Christ was declared to be the Son of God, and both by that, and by his going to his Father, his ascension to heaven, the disciples were more confirmed in his proper deity, and divine sonship; and therefore worshipped him as God; by calling upon his name, ascribing blessings and honour, and glory, to him; by making him the object of their reverence and fear; and by trusting in him; and by doing every religious act in his name, and which they ever after continued to do:

and returned to Jerusalem: as they were ordered, where they were to tarry and wait for the pouring down of the Spirit: and this they did

with great joy; for though their Lord was parted from them, and was gone to heaven, this did not cause sorrow, as did his death, but, on the contrary, joy, even great joy; partly because of the glory he was entered into, and possessed of; and partly on account of what he was gone to do for them; to appear in the presence of God for them, to make intercession for them, to take possession of heaven in their name, and to prepare a place for them, as well as to receive gifts for them; and now they return to Jerusalem with great cheerfulness, in full hope and expectation, yea, assurance of faith, that they should shortly receive the promise of the Father.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They worshipped him - The word “worship” does not “always” denote religious homage. See the notes at Matthew 2:11. Compare Luke 14:10. But here it is to be remarked,

  1. That they offered this worship to an “absent” Saviour. It was “after” he left them and had vanished out of their sight. It was, therefore, an act of religion, and was the “first” religious homage that was paid to Jesus after he had left the world.
  2. If “they” worshipped an absent Saviour - a Saviour unseen by the bodily eye, it is right for “us” to do it. It was an example which we “may and should” follow.
  3. If worship may be rendered to Jesus, he is divine. See Exodus 20:4-5.



Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 24:52. They worshipped him — Let it be observed that this worship was not given by way of civil respect, for it was after he was parted from them, and carried back into heaven, that they offered it to him; but acts of civil respect are always performed in the presence of the person. They adored him as their God, and were certainly too much enlightened to be capable of any species of idolatry.

Returned to Jerusalem with great joy — Having the fullest proof that Jesus was the promised Messiah; and that they had a full commission to preach repentance and remission of sin to mankind, and that they should be Divinely qualified for this great work by receiving the promise of the Father, Luke 24:49.


 
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