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Luke 24:21

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

KJV

ἡμεῖς δὲ ἠλπίζομεν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ· ἀλλά γε καὶ σὺν πᾶσιν τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν ἄγει ἀφ’ οὗ ταῦτα ἐγένετο.

Greek NT

nos autem sperabamus quia ipse esset redempturus Israël : et nunc super hæc omnia, tertia dies est hodie quod hæc facta sunt.

Vulgate

But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.

ASV

But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel. And now besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γέ
ge
particle · 6×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λυτρόω
lutroo
verb · 3×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
τρίτος
tritos
adjective · 56×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἐλπίζω
elpizo
verb · 31×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἄγει | WH/NIV: ἄγει | Treg/RP: + σήμερον
  • ἄγειSBLGNT
  • ἄγειWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + σήμερονTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§439Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic "Son of David", promised by God to Israel.38 Jesus accepted his rightful title of Messiah, though with some reserve because it was understood by some of his contemporaries in too human a sense, as essentially political.39
§1094It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built,15 and then, that of the Apostles and the Fathers of the Church. This catechesis unveils what lay hidden under the letter of the Old Testament: the mystery of Christ. It is called "typological" because it reveals the newness of Christ on the basis of the "figures" (types) which announce…
§1329The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.141 The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meat when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread,142 above all at the Last S…
…and 1 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:18 — Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • Isa 59:20 — And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
  • John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
  • Luke 1:68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
  • Luke 2:38 — And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
  • Luke 2:38 — And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
  • Luke 18:33 — And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Ps 107:2 — Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;