Luke 24:3
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
5 As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
- KJV
- And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
- WEB
- They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.
- ASV
- And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
- DARBY
- And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
- BLB
- but having entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
- ÅB
- og da de gikk inn i den, fant de ikke den Herre Jesu legeme.
- OTB
- men da de gikk inn, kunne de ikke finne Herrens Jesu kropp.
- B1930
- og da de gikk inn i den, fant de ikke den Herre Jesu legeme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 24:23
but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.
Read in contextJohn 20:6–7
Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.
Read in context