Luca 24:16

16 Ma gli occhi loro erano impediti così da non riconoscerlo.

Luca 24:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:16

But their eyes were holden,
&c] The Ethiopic version adds, "and were covered"; and the Arabic version renders it, "now he had veiled their eyes", ascribing it to Christ; and the Persic version renders it, "and the eyes of the disciples were shut": to me it seems, that their eyes: were held downwards; or they kept looking upon the ground as they walked, which was a posture suitable to their melancholy spirits; and there might be a peculiar influence of divine power and providence, so disposing them, that they did not look up to Christ their new fellow traveller, who walked on with them: and this was so ordered, that they should not know him; that so they might not be surprised at once, as they would have been, had they looked at him, and discerned who he was; and that they might converse the more freely with him; and that he might convince them of their stupidity and unbelief, by proper arguments.

Luca 24:16 In-Context

14 e discorrevano tra loro di tutte le cose che erano accadute.

15 Ed avvenne che mentre discorrevano e discutevano insieme, Gesù stesso si accostò e cominciò a camminare con loro.

16 Ma gli occhi loro erano impediti così da non riconoscerlo.

17 Ed egli domandò loro: Che discorsi son questi che tenete fra voi cammin facendo? Ed essi si fermarono tutti mesti.

18 E l’un de’ due, per nome Cleopa, rispondendo, gli disse: Tu solo, tra i forestieri, stando in Gerusalemme, non hai saputo le cose che sono in essa avvenute in questi giorni?