Luke 24:4

Luke 24:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
• New International Version (NIV)While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.

Context of Luke 24:4

2They arrived there. They found that someone had rolled the big stone away from the hole. 3They went inside the hole in the rock, but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus there. They did not understand this at all. But while they were thinking about it, two men appeared. Their clothes shone brightly like lightning. These men came and stood beside them. 5So the women became very afraid and they went down low with their faces on the ground. The men said to the women, ‘This is a place to bury dead people. You should not be looking here for someone who is alive. 6Jesus is not here. He has become alive again! Remember what he said to you, while he was still with you in Galilee.

Luke 24:4 word by word

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• it came to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• asἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• were much perplexedδιαπορέωdiaporeō · be perplexedG1280
• thereaboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• stood byἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186
• shiningἀστράπτωastraptō · to flashG797
• garmentsἐσθήςesthēs · clothingG2066

Cross-references for Luke 24:4

• Genesis 18:2Abraham looked up and he saw three men. He ran in a hurry to meet them. He bent down to the ground to respect them.
• Matthew 28:2At that moment, the ground moved about very strongly. One of the Lord God's angels came from heaven. He went to the rock. He rolled the big stone away from the hole and then he sat on top of it.
• Mark 16:5When the women went into the hole in the rock, they saw a young man there. He was sitting in there on the right side and he wore bright white clothes. The women were very afraid.
• John 20:11But Mary stood outside the hole in the rock. She was crying. While she cried, she bent herself down to look inside the hole.
• Acts 1:10The apostles were still looking carefully up into the sky when suddenly two men appeared. They were wearing white clothes and they stood near the apostles.
• Luke 16:2So the master sent someone to bring his servant to him. He said to his servant, “I am hearing bad stories about you. So write down everything that you have done with my money and my things. Then you must stop working for me.”

Commentaries on Luke 24:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See the notes at Matthew 28:1-11.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4suddenly two men … stood beside them: Angels often appear as young men in the Bible (Genesis 18:2; 19:1, 10; Joshua 5:13; Judges 13:6–11; Hebrews 13:2). Radiant apparel (bright, shining clothes) is a symbol of purity and holiness (Daniel 10:5–6; Acts 1:10; Revelation 4:4; 19:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12(See on Mr 16:1-8; and Mt 28:1-5). 5. Why, &c.--Astonishing question! not "the risen," but "the Living One" (compare Re 1:18); and the surprise expressed in it implies an incongruity in His being there at all, as if, though He might submit to it, "it was impossible He should be holden of it" (Ac 2:24).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings