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Luke 24:31

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

KJV

αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

Et aperti sunt oculi eorum, et cognoverunt eum : et ipse evanuit ex oculis eorum.

Vulgate

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

ASV

And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διανοίγω
dianoigo
verb · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄφαντος
aphantos
adjective · 1×
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginosko
verb · 44×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

§659"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."531 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.532 But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about…
§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

  • 1Cor 15:44 — It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
  • John 5:13 — And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
  • John 8:59 — Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  • John 20:13 — And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
  • John 20:14 — And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
  • John 21:4 — But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
  • Luke 4:30 — But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
  • Luke 24:16 — But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
  • Luke 24:16 — But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
  • Num 22:31 — Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.