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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Luke 24:4

Luke 24:4. Perplexed thereabout. A natural state of mind, even if they had some hope of His rising, for now He seemed lost to them. Comp. Mary Magdalene's expression (John 20:2-13).

Two men. This was the form of the angelic appearance.

Stood by them. As this word (comp. chap, Luke 2:9: ‘the angel of the Lord stood by them') does not necessarily imply a standing position, there is no difficulty in reconciling this with Mark 16:5.

In shining garments. The word used implies that the brilliancy was like that of lightning. At such a time the presence of a multitude of angels was, so to speak, natural, and hence a variety of appearances.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes at Matthew 28:1....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    VII. HIS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION CHAPTER 24 _ 1. The Resurrection. (Luke 24:1)_ 2. The Walk to Emmaus; the Appearance of the Risen Son of Man. (Luke 24:13) 3. The Appearance to the Eleven. (Luk...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EMPTY TOMB (Mark 16:1 *, Matthew 28:1 *). Lk. tells of two men in place of Mk.'s young man. They remind the women that Jesus had foretold His resurrection. Instead of the injunction to meet Him in...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    On the first day of the week, at the first streaks of dawn, the women came to the tomb, bearing the spices which they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They entered in, but...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE WRONG PLACE TO LOOK (Luke 24:1-12)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND IT CAME TO PASS.. Hebraism. AS, &c.. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) their being, &c. THEREABOUT. concerning this. Greek. _peri._ App-104. BEHOLD. Greek _idou._ App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _much perplexed_ The word means -utterly at a loss." _in shining garments_ Literally, _"flashing as with lightning_,which recalls the expression of Matthew 28:3; comp. Luke 9:29....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι�. ‘_While they were utterly at a loss_.’ ἈΣΤΡΑΠΤΟΎΣΗΙ. Literally, ‘_flashing as with lightning_,’ which recalls the expression of Matthew 28:3; comp. Luke 9:29; Luke 17:24. 4. To the Disciple...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    VISION OF ANGELS TO THE WOMEN. PETER VISITS THE TOMB...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2. And they found the stone...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случаться, с _предл._ и _inf._ (_см._ Luke 8:1). ΆΠΟΡΕΊΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΆΠΟΡΈΩ (G639) быть в растерянности, в замешате...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS THEY WERE MUCH PERPLEXED THEREABOUT, &C.— _This threw them into a great perplexity, when on a sudden two men stood,_ &c. It hence seems probable, that the angels disappeared at...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Empty Crypt (Luke 24:1-12) 24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the 24tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared. 2And they found the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS THEY WERE MUCH PERPLEXED THEREABOUT. Mark reports their perpl...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    24:4 by (e-19) Same expression as 'was there by,' ch. 2.9. shining (f-22) As 'lightens,' ch. 17.24....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESURRECTION AND THE ASCENSION 1-11. Two angels appear to the women at the sepulchre (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1 : cp. John 20:1). See on Mt and Jn....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 24 THE *RESURRECTION 24:1-12 V1 Very early on the first day of the week, the women went to the *tomb. They carried the *spices that they had prepared...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXIV. (1-8) NOW UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. — See Notes on Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1. VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING. — The original has a more poetic form _“_in the deep dawn,” agreeing with “while it...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM. — St. Mark and St. Matthew mention one only. Had St. Matthew given the two, it might have been urged by adverse critics that this duplication of phenomena, as in the case of the...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 26 THE FIRST LORD'S DAY. THE Sabbath came and went over the grave of its Lord, and silence reigned in Joseph's garden, broken only by the mailed sentinels, who laughed and chatted by, the sea...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἄνδρες, two _men_ in appearance, but with angelic raiment (ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The women at the tomb_ (Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE EMPTY TOMB Luke 24:1-12 The most perplexing question for those who deny Christ's resurrection is, “What became of His body if He did not rise?” If foes stole it, they would have produced it in di...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    No human eye saw the resurrection. The women came early, but only to find the stone rolled away. The record of those earliest experiences is full of touching beauty. Luke alone gives us the story of t...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    ANGELS AT THE SEPULCHER Matthew 28:5-7; Luke 24:4-8; Mark 16:5-7 : “ _Having come to the sepulcher_, _they saw a young man sitting on the right_, _clothed with a white robe_; and they were affrighted....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    1. _The Women at the Sepulchre: Luke 24:1-7_. VERS. 1-7. The women play the first, if not the principal, part in all those accounts; a special duty called them to the tomb. They were, according to Ma...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. (2) And they found the stone ro...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, had prepared everything for the burial of His Son, who had glorified Him by giving Himself up to death. He is with the rich in His death. Jos...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS AS THEY WERE MUCH PERPLEXED THEREABOUT,.... About the body of Christ, and its being gone, what should become of it, whither it was removed, and by what means, and by whom; whether...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: Ver. 4. _Two men stood_] Two angels in the guise of men....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They found the stone rolled away_ Their inquiry among themselves, while they were going along, had been, _Who shall roll us away the stone?_ That difficulty, however, they found removed, but alas! wh...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    The resurrection. Matthew 28:1-10....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    TWO MEN; angels in the form of men. Matthew and Mark mention but one. This does not make their statements inconsistent with each other, but it shows that they did not write in concert, and that each g...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS THEY WERE MUCH PERPLEXED THEREABOUT, BEHOLD, TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM IN SHINING GARMENTS;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Resurrection of Christ. The women at the grave:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HE IS NOT HERE. BUT RISEN (vs.1-12) Though these dear women came to the grave very early in the morning the first day of the week, they were too late. Mary of Bethany had anointed the Lord Jesus befo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 See the affection and respect the women showed to Christ, after he was dead and buried. Observe their surprise when they found the stone rolled away, and the grave empty. Christians often perple...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 4-8. These two men were two angels in human shape. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 28:5" and following verses to MATTHEW 28:7....

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV according to the prophecy of Isaiah. "Two angels however, appeared there."[1688]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 24:4 And G2532 happened G1096 (G5633) as G1722 they G846 perplexed G1280 (G5745) about G4012 this...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ALL ARE PUZZLED OVER THE EMPTY TOMB (24:1-12). When at last the time came for them to be able to go to the tomb, the women carried out the final preparations on the spices and ointments,and as Mark su...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And it came to about that while they were perplexed about it, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel,' And it was while they were still perplexed, a state which would certainly have contin...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WHILE THEY WERE PERPLEXED THEREABOUT (εν τω απορεισθα αυτας περ τουτου). Luke's common Hebraistic idiom, εν with the articular infinitive (present passive απορεισθα from απορεω, to lose one's way)...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 24:1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the st...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 24:1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the st...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Resurrection of Christ. Ministry of the risen Christ. His commission to evangelization. The ascension. CHARACTERS: Jesus, angels, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary mother of James, Peter, discip...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 24:21. _To-day is the third day._ Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19. See also Genesis 22:4;...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    VERY EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. Sunday has been called the "Lord's Day" since then, because Jesus raised from death on Sunday. The women _"saw the grave and how Jesus' body was placed in it"_ on Friday,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre_ THE FIRST EASTER MORNING The realm of nature a symbol of the realm of grace. 1. The gloomy night. 2. T...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 24:4 TWO MEN. Angels (v. Luke 24:23; compare Matthew 28:2,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 24:1 The Resurrection of Jesus. Luke’s Gospel began in the temple (Luke 1:5). After Jesus has risen from the dead, it will conclude in the temple as well ...

  • The Gospels Compared

    Jesus rises from the dead Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18;...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 24 VER. 1. _Now upon the first day of the week._ The first day after the Sabbath, the Lord's day, _i.e._ the day on which Christ rose from the dead. See S. Matthew 28:1....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 24:1. VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.—Rather, “at early dawn” (R.V.); lit. “deep dawn.” AND CERTAIN OTHERS WITH THEM.—Omit these words; omitted in R.V. Probably a harmonistic inserti...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 24:1 THE RESURRECTION. All the four evangelists give an account of the Resurrection. None of the four, however, attempt to give a _history _of_ _it simply from a human point of sight...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled aw...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 1:10; Genesis 18:2; John 20:11; John 20:12; Mark 16:5;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Shining [α σ τ ρ α π τ ο υ σ α ι ς]. Only here and ch. 17 24. Akin to ajstraph, lightning. See on bright shining, ch. 11 36; and compare ch. 17 24....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Behold two — Angels in the form of men. Mary had seen them a little before. They had disappeared on these women's coming to the sepulchre, but now appeared again. St. Matthew and Mark mention only one...

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