Luke 24:4
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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?
6 He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
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
- While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
- KJV
- And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
- WEB
- While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
- ASV
- And it came to pass, while they were perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel:
- DARBY
- And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.
- BLB
- And it came to pass that while they are perplexed about this, behold, two men in dazzling apparel stood by them.
- ÅB
- Og det skjedde mens de sto rådville ved dette, se, da sto to menn hos dem i skinnende klær;
- OTB
- Mens de var forvirret over dette, sto plutselig to menn i klær som skinte som lyn ved siden av dem.
- B1930
- Og det skjedde mens de stod rådville ved dette, se, da stod to menn hos dem i skinnende klædebon;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 20:11–12
But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,
Read in contextMark 16:5
When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
Read in contextActs 1:10
They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
Read in contextMatthew 28:2–6
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
Read in contextGenesis 18:2
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
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