Luke 24:31

Wycliffe Bible

And the iyen of hem weren openyd, and thei knewen hym; and he vanyschide fro her iyen.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

King James Version (1611)
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight.

King James Version
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

English Standard Version
And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.

New American Standard Bible
And then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

New Century Version
And then, they were allowed to recognize Jesus. But when they saw who he was, he disappeared.

Amplified Bible
Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight.

Berean Standard Bible
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus-and He disappeared from their sight.

Contemporary English Version
At once they knew who he was, but he disappeared.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. But he became invisible to them.

Darby Translation
And their eyes were opened, and they recognised him. And he disappeared from them.

Easy-to-Read Version
Just then the men were allowed to recognize him. But when they saw who he was, he disappeared.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then their eyes were opened, and they knewe him: and he was no more seene of them.

George Lamsa Translation
And immediately their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he was taken away from them.

Good News Translation
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

Lexham English Bible
And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became invisible to them.

Literal Translation
And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him. And He became invisible from them.

American Standard Version
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Bible in Basic English
And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

Hebrew Names Version
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.

International Standard Version
Then their eyes were opened, and they knew who he was. And he vanished from them.

Etheridge Translation
And at once their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he was taken from them.

Murdock Translation
And instantly, their eyes were opened, and, they knew him. And he took himself from them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their eyes were opened, and they knewe him: and he vanished out of their syght.

English Revised Version
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

World English Bible
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight.

Weymouth's New Testament
their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. But He vanished from them.

Update Bible Version
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Webster's Bible Translation
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight.

New English Translation
At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

New King James Version
Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

New Living Translation
Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!

New Life Bible
And their eyes were opened and they knew Him. Then He left them and could not be seen.

New Revised Standard
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, their, eyes were opened, and they knew him; and, he, vanished from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.

Revised Standard Version
And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And their eyes were openned and they knewe him: and he vnnisshed out of their syght.

Young's Literal Translation
and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then were their eyes opened, and they knewe him. And he vanyshed out of their sight.

Mace New Testament (1729)
when looking upon him more intently, they perceiv'd that it was Jesus. but he vanish'd out of sight.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When this happened, the two cowboys were allowed to recognize him for who he was and then he disappeared!

Contextual Overview

¹³ And lo! tweyne of hem wenten in that dai in to a castel, that was fro Jerusalem the space of sixti furlongis, bi name Emaws. ¹⁴ And thei spaken togidir of alle these thingis that haddun bifallun. ¹⁵ And it was don, the while thei talkiden, and souyten bi hem silf, Jhesus hym silf neiyede, and wente with hem. ¹⁶ But her iyen weren holdun, that thei knewen him not. ¹⁷ And he seide to hem, What ben these wordis, that ye speken togidir wandrynge, and ye ben sorewful? ¹⁸ And oon, whos name was Cleofas, answerde, and seide, Thou thi silf art a pilgrym in Jerusalem, and hast thou not knowun, what thingis ben don in it in these daies? ¹⁹ To whom he seide, What thingis? And thei seiden to hym, Of Jhesu of Nazareth, that was a man prophete, myyti in werk and word bifor God and al the puple; ²⁰ and hou the heiyest preestis of oure princis bitoken hym in to dampnacioun of deeth, and crucifieden hym. ²¹ But we hopiden, that he schulde haue ayenbouyt Israel. And now on alle these thingis the thridde dai is to dai, that these thingis weren don. ²² But also summe wymmen of ouris maden vs afered, whiche bifor dai weren at the graue; and whanne his bodi was not foundun,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their eyes: Luke 24:16, John 20:13-16

vanished out of their sight: or, ceased to be seen of them, Luke 4:30, John 8:59

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:13 - General Numbers 22:31 - opened 2 Kings 6:20 - open the eyes Mark 9:8 - General John 5:13 - had John 20:14 - and knew John 21:4 - but 1 Corinthians 15:44 - there is a spiritual

Cross-References

Genesis 26:29
that thou do not ony yuel to vs, as we touchiden `not ony thing of thine, nethir diden that that hirtide thee, but with pees we leften thee encressid bi the blessyng of the Lord.

Judges 17:2
And he seide to his modir, Lo! Y haue a thousynde `and an hundrid platis of siluer, whiche thou departidist to thee, and on whiche thou sworist, while Y herde, and tho ben at me. To whom sche answeride, Blessid be my sone of the Lord.

Ruth 3:10
And he seide, Douytir, thou art blessid of the Lord, and thou hast ouercome the formere mercy with the lattere; for thou `suedist not yonge men, pore ethir riche.

Psalms 115:15
Blessid be ye of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.

Proverbs 17:8
A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.

Proverbs 18:16
The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their eyes were opened,.... Not that they were before shut, or closed up, but what before held them was removed, and what hindered their sight and knowledge was taken away; and perhaps these actions of his taking the bread, and blessing, and breaking, and giving it to them, might put them in mind of him, and cause them to look wistfully at him, when, what beclouded their sight being gone, and he appearing in his usual form, they perceived who he was:

and they knew him; to be their dear Lord and master, for whose death they had been sorrowing, and of redemption by him, and of whose resurrection they had been doubting:

and vanished out of their sight; not that he vanished as a spectre, or as smoke vanishes into air; but agility being a property of his risen body, he very suddenly, and swiftly, and in a moment, withdrew himself from them; for if he could withdraw himself from company in a very speedy manner before his resurrection, much more after; see Luke 4:30. The Syriac version renders it, "he was taken away from them"; as if some of the ministering angels were made use of to remove him at once; but this seems not necessary: the Arabic version renders it, "he was hidden from them"; that same power of his that held their eyes all the while they were travelling together, interposed some object between him and them, so that he could not be seen by them that very instant, even before he was gone out of the house.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their eyes were opened - The obscurity was removed. They saw him to be the Messiah. Their doubts were gone, and they saw clearly that he was risen, and was truly, as they had long hoped, the Saviour of people. It is not meant that they were before “blind,” but that they did not know until then who he was.

He vanished out of their sight - He suddenly departed. It does not appear that there was anything miraculous in this, but, during their surprise, he took the opportunity suddenly to withdraw from them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Their eyes were opened — But we are not to imagine that he administered the holy eucharist at this time; there is not the most distant evidence of this. It was a mere family meal, and ended before it was well begun.

They knew him — His acting as father of the family, in taking, blessing, and distributing the bread among them, caused them to recollect those lips which they had often heard speak, and those hands by which they had often been fed. Perhaps he also threw off the disguise which he had before assumed; and now appeared in his own person.

He vanished out of their sight. — Probably, during their surprise, he took the opportunity of withdrawing from the place; leaving them to reflect and meditate on what they had heard and seen.