Luke 24:23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
KJV
καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν.
Greek NT
et non invento corpore ejus, venerunt, dicentes se etiam visionem angelorum vidisse, qui dicunt eum vivere.
Vulgate
and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
ASV
And not finding his body, came, saying that they had all seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὀπτασία
optasia
noun · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 4 passages
§640"Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen."492 The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ's body from the tomb could be explained otherwise.493 Nonetheless the empty tomb was still an essential sign for all. Its discovery by the …
§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…
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Cross-references
- Luke 24:3 — And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
- Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
- Matt 28:6 — He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.