NOW. But, &c. Compare Matthew 28:1.Mark 16:2. See App-166. THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. Our Saturday sunset to Sunday sunset. VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING. Greek. _orthros bathos,_ lit, at deep dawn. Compare John 20:1. UNTO. upon. _Greek. epi._ App-104. SEPULCHRE . tomb. WITH. Greek. _sun._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY FOUND, &c. See the question they had asked (Mark 16:3). FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 24:46; Luke 24:49,... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. THE LORD JESUS. See App-98. B.C. The first occurrence of this full expression. Rightly found in this connexion. It is the prelude to some forty occurrences in the Epistles. JESUS. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
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._ App-6. MEN. Greek. Plural of _aner._ App-123. Not the same word as in Luke 24:7. IN. Greek. _en... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THEY WERE, &c.. becoming filled with fear. to. Greek _eis._ App-104. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THE LIVING. the living One. AMONG. Greek. _meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 24:47. THE dead. See App-139.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISEN. App-178. REMEMBER. The true messenger of the Lord recalls His words. Compare Luke 24:8. GALILEE. App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF MAN. See App-98. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. SINFUL, SINNERS. Greek. _hamartelos._ Compare App-128. MEN. Greek. Plural of _anthropos._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Greek. Plural of _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
MARY. See App-100. AND, &c.. and the rest (App-124.)... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THEM. in their sight. AS. like. IDLE TALES. silly nonsense. Greek _leros._ Occurs only here.. medical term for delirium. BELIEVED NOT. disbelieved. Greek. _apisteo._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND RAN. Note the six things Peter did here, "arose", "ran", "stooped", "beheld", "departed", "wondered".... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Greek. _ek._ App-101. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 24:14; Luke 24:42. THEM. Not apostles. WENT. were going THAT. in (Greek. _en)_ that. EMMAUS. Now _Khan el Khamaseh,_ eight miles south-west of Jerusalem (Conder), or _Urtas,_ seven miles south (Finn). FURLONGS. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
TALKED TOGETHER. were conversing with (Greek. _pros._ App-104.) one another. Same as "communed" in Luke 24:15. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE, &c.. in (Greek. _en)_ their communing, &c. DREW NEAR, and. having drawn near. WENT. was walking.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. KNOW. recognize. Greek _epiginosko._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMUNICATIONS. Greek. Plural of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. HAVE. exchange. Only here in N.T. to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. AND ARE SAD. According to. Tr.. H. (not the Syriac) the question ends at "walk", and reads on: "and they stood still, sad in countenance".... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEOPAS. Aramaic. See App-94. An abbreviation of Cleopatros. Not the same as Clopas of John 19:25. ONLY.... AND HAST. the only... who has. KNOWN. got to know. App-132. THERE. in (Greek. _en) it._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT THINGS?. What kind of things? Concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. A PROPHET. See Acts 3:22. WORD. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE CONDEMNED TO. the judgment _(Greek. krima._ App-177.) of:... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTED. were hoping. SHOULD HAVE REDEEMED. was about to redeem. In accordance with Luke 2:38. Compare Acts 1:6. BESIDE. with. Greek. _sun._ App-104. THIS. these things. THE THIRD DAY. See App-148 and App-166. SINCE. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) the time when.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. Read "also" after "angels". SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133. WAS ALIVE. is living.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _epi,_ as above. SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. And. O FOOLS. O dullards. Greek. anoetos. without reflection (not _aphron. without_ mind; or asophos. withoutwisdom); i.e. dull is your heart, and slow in believing. BELIEVE. See App-150. ALL. on all. Not some. The Jews believed the prophecies of' the "glory", but not those of the "sufferin... [ Continue Reading ]
OUGHT NOT, &c.... ? Behoved it not? NOT. Greek. _ouchi._ App-105. CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. AND TO ENTER, &c. This, in God's counsels, was to follow immediately on the sufferings, had the nation repented. See Acts 3:18, and compare 1 Peter 1:11. 1Pe 4:13. 1 Peter 5:1. Doubtless this was the su... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGINNING AT MOSES. Compare Genesis 3:15; Genesis 22:18; Exodus 12.Leviticus 16; Numbers 21:9; Deuteronomy 18:15.Numbers 24:17; Numbers 20:11. AT. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. MOSES. See note on Luke 5: [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. went. were going. made, &c. i.e. was going farther (but for their constraint). There was no deception. Literally, added to go. Greek. _prospoieoniai._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSTRAINED. Greek. _parabiazomai._ Occurs only here and Acts 16:15. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. TOWARD. Greek. _pros._ App-104. IS FAR SPENT. has declined.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS HE SAT, &c.. in (Greek. _en)_ His sitting down. SAT. reclined. TOOK BREAD. He took the part of the host. BREAD. the bread. BRAKE, &c. See note on Matthew 14:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
VANISHED. became invisible. Greek. _aphantos._ Only here. OUT OF THEIR SIGHT. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) them.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID NOT, &c.. was not our heart burning. WITHIN. in. Greek. _en._ TALKED. was talking. BY. in. Greek. _en._ OPENED. was interpreting.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED. crowded. Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING: i.e. the eleven and those with them, being the speakers. THE LORD. App-98. A. IS RISEN. has risen. Greek. _egeiro._ App-178. HATH APPEARED. Greek. _optomai._ App-106.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOLD. related, WAS KNOWN. became known. App-132. BREAKING, &c.. the breaking of the bread.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEN. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHTS. reasonings.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Greek. Plural of _ide._ App-133.:3. SEE. Same as "behold".... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. WONDERED. were wondering. ANY. anything. MEAT. eatable. Greek. _brosimos._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROILED. Greek _optos._ Occurs only here. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. HONEYCOMB. Common fare. Most texts omit from "and "to end of verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Plural of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. must. Same as "ought" (Luke 24:26). Compare Acts 17:3. WERE WRITTEN. have been (and stand) written. Compare Luke 24:26; Luke 24:27. THE LAW, &c. These are the three great divisions of the Hebrew Bible. See App-1 and note on Matthew 5:17. ME. Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
OPENED, &c. For this important truth, see Matthew 11:27; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 16:17; John 16:13.Acts 16:14; 1 Corinthians 2:14. Compare Psalms 119:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISE. App-178. FROM. out from among. Greek. _ek._ App-104. THE DEAD. App-139. See note _on_ Matthew 17:9. the third day. See App-148 and App-156.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPENTANCE. App-111. REMISSION OF SINS. The new Covenant having been made, this could now be proclaimed. Compare Luke 1:17; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38; Acts 13:39; Hebrews 9:22. SINS. Greek. _hamartia._ App-128. PREACHED. proclaimed. App-121. IN. on (the strength, or foundation... [ Continue Reading ]
WITNESSES. witness-bearers. Compare Acts 1:8; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:33; Acts 5:30, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEND. Greek. _apostello,_ but. Tr.. WH. read _exapostello,_ send out or forth. App-174.:2. THE: i.e. the gift of _pneuma hagion._ According to Joel 2:28 (Acts 2:17, Act 2:78). See Isaiah 44:3.Ezekiel 36:26. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. POWER FROM ON HIGH. This defines the meaning of _pneuma hagio... [ Continue Reading ]
HE LED, &c. At the end of the forty days (Acts 1:3). AS FAR AS TO. Until they were at, or opposite to. BETHANY. Now _el'Azariyeh._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE: i.e. in (Greek. _en)_ the act, &c. WAS PARTED. stood apart. HEAVEN. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORSHIPPED. having worshipped. App-137.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPLE. the Temple courts. See note on Matthew 23:16. Not offering or eating of the sacrifices there, but at home. See Acts 1:14; Acts 2:46; Acts 3:1; Acts 5:42. LUKE ends his Gospel, and commences the Acts with the Ascension.... [ Continue Reading ]