Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 24:35

And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

KJV

καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξηγοῦντο τὰ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὡς ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου.

Greek NT

Et ipsi narrabant quæ gesta erant in via, et quomodo cognoverunt eum in fractione panis.

Vulgate

And they rehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the breaking of the bread.

ASV

And they told what things were done in the way: and how they knew him in the breaking of bread.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλάσις
klasis
noun · 2×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξηγέομαι
exegeomai
verb · 6×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

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

§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…
§1347Is this not the same movement as the Paschal meal of the risen Jesus with his disciples? Walking with them he explained the Scriptures to them; sitting with them at table "he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them."172 The movement of the celebration

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
  • Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
  • Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
  • Luke 24:30 — And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
  • Luke 24:30 — And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
  • Mark 16:12 — After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.