Luke 24:36

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

36 And [while] they were saying these [things], he himself stood there among them.

Luke 24:36 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:36

And as they thus spake
While the two disciples, that came from Emmaus, were giving the above relation; just as they had finished it, and had scarcely done speaking: Jesus himself stood in the midst of them;
the apostles; who were assembled together in a certain house, the doors being shut for fear of the Jews; and it was on the evening of the same day Christ rose from the dead, and late at night; see ( John 20:19 ) and without hearing the doors opened, or the sound of the feet of Jesus, and without seeing him come in, and approach unto them, he, in a moment, at once, stood in the middle of them, as if he had immediately rose up out of the earth before them; and so the Persic version renders it, "Jesus rose up out the midst of them": by his power he opened the and secretly let himself in, and shut them again at once; and by the agility of his body moved so swiftly, that he was not discerned until he was among them, where he stood to be seen, and known by them; whereby he made that good in a corporeal sense, which he had promised in a spiritual sense, ( Matthew 18:20 ) and was an emblem of his presence in his churches, and with his ministers, to the end of the world. And saith unto them, peace be unto you;
which was an usual form of salutation among the Jews; (See Gill on John 20:19). The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add, "I am he, fear not"; but this clause is not in the Greek copies.

Luke 24:36 In-Context

34 saying, "The Lord has really been raised, and has appeared to Simon!"

35 And they began describing {what happened} on the road, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

36 And [while] they were saying these [things], he himself stood there among them.

37 But they were startled and became terrified, [and] thought [they] had seen a ghost.

38 And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were saying")
• [b] Some manuscripts add "and said to them, 'Peace to you!'"