Λουκᾶν 24:31

Greek Modern Translation

Αυτων δε διηνοιχθησαν οι οφθαλμοι, και εγνωρισαν αυτον. Και αυτος εγεινεν αφαντος απ' αυτων.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ αὐτῶν.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
αυτων δε διηνοιχθησαν οι οφθαλμοι και επεγνωσαν αυτον και αυτος αφαντος εγενετο απ αυτων

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
αυτων δε διηνοιχθησαν οι οφθαλμοι και επεγνωσαν αυτον και αυτορ αφαντορ εγενετο απ αυτων

Byzantine/Majority Text
αυτων δε διηνοιχθησαν οι οφθαλμοι και επεγνωσαν αυτον και αυτος αφαντος εγενετο απ αυτων

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

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.