Luke 24:16

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

Hebrew Names Version
But their eyes were kept 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.)

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
but something kept them 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.

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

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

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

New Century Version
but they were kept from recognizing 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.

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.

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

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

World English Bible
But their eyes were kept from recognizing 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹³ And, behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village being sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem, which was named Emmaus. ¹⁴ And they talked to each other about all these things taking place. ¹⁵ And it happened, as they talked and reasoned, coming near, Jesus Himself traveled with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were held so as not to recognize Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, What words are these which you exchange with each other while walking, and are sad of face? ¹⁸ And answering, one of them whose name was Cleopas, said to Him, Are you only one who resides in Jerusalem and do not know the things happening in it in these days? ¹⁹ And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the judgment of death, and crucified Him . ²¹ But we were hoping that He is the One going to redeem Israel. But then with all these things, this third day comes today since these things happened. ²² And also some of our women astounded us, having been early at the tomb,

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 the man knew his wife Eve. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.

Genesis 24:17
And the slave ran to meet her and said, Please let me sip a little water from your pitcher.

Genesis 24:18
And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried and let down her pitcher on her hand and gave him a drink.

Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister, for he was afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she was beautiful of form.

Genesis 39:6
And he left all he owned in Joseph's hand. And he did not know anything that he had, except the bread which he was eating. And Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful of appearance.

Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is the sound of my Beloved that knocks, saying , Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled. For My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops 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.