Luke 24
Template:New Testament chapter short description Template:Bible chapter Luke 24 is the twenty-fourth and final chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles.[1] This chapter records the discovery of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, his appearances to his disciples and his ascension into heaven.[2]
Text
Template:Multiple image The original text was written in Koine Greek. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
- Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225)
- Codex Vaticanus (325–350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (330–360)
- Codex Bezae (~400)
- Codex Washingtonianus (~400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (400–440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450; extant verses 1–6, 46–53).
This chapter is divided into 53 verses.
Script error: No such module "anchor".Resurrection morning (verses 1–12)
Context
The narrative in chapter 24 continues the events concluding chapter 23 without a break:[3]Template:Quote
Verse 1
- Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.[4]
Frederic Farrar, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, suggests that the words "certain others" are "probably spurious", not being part of the text in the Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus or Codex Regius manuscripts.[5] Template:Multiple image
Verse 2
- They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,[6]
The positioning of a stone outside the tomb is mentioned in the accounts of Jesus' burial in Matthew and Mark, but not in Luke.[3]
Verse 3
- but when they went in they did not find the body.[7]
Some ancient authorities add "of the Lord Jesus"; these words are included in many English translations.[8]
Verse 10
- Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.[9]
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, as listed in Luke 8:2-3, included "Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and many others:[10] these who provided material sustenance to Jesus during his travels. The names of some women are mentioned in the other gospels, but only Luke's gospel mentions Joanna, implying that Luke receives his special information from "one (most likely Joanna) or more than one of" the women.Template:Sfn In Luke 8:1–3 Mary called Magdalene, Joanna the wife of Chuza, and Susanna are named as women , along with other unnamed women.
While Matthew, Mark and John mentioned the names of the women present at the cross, Luke only refers them as "the women who had followed him from Galilee" (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), but he names the women at the end in the story of the women's visit to the empty tomb (Luke 24:10).Template:Sfn The two passages with the names of some women alongside the mention of the "twelve" and "apostles", respectively (Luke 8:1–3 and Luke 24:10), "form a literary inclusio" which brackets the major part of Jesus' ministry (leaving out only the earliest part of it).Template:SfnTemplate:Efn
Verse 12
- But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.[11]
This verse and verse 34, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!", suggest that Peter (alone) went to the tomb, whereas verse 24, And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, implies more than one person.[12]
American biblical scholar Kim Dreisbach states that Template:Langx (othonia), translated here as "linen cloths", is "a word of uncertain meaning ... probably best translated as a generic plural for grave clothes". The same word is used in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..[13]
Script error: No such module "anchor".The road to Emmaus (verses 13–35)
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Verse 36
- Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you."[14]
- "Peace to you" (KJV: "Peace be unto you"): rendering the Greek phrase Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Strong-number Template:Strong-number,[15] which is a literal translation of the customary Jewish salutation Script error: No such module "Lang"., shalom lekom (cf. Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Luke 10Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).[12][16] This account agrees with John 20:19, which notes that "the doors of the room had been closed for fear of the Jews".[12][16]
Script error: No such module "anchor".The ascension of Jesus (verses 50–53)
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Verse 51
- Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.[17]
The words "and carried up into heaven" are not included in some ancient texts of the gospel.[18]
Verse 53
- and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. [19]
Luke's gospel ends where it began,[20] in the temple.[21]
The King James Version ends with the word "Amen", following the Textus Receptus, but modern critical editions of the New Testament exclude this word, as do many modern English translations.[22] In a manuscript copy of Beza's, there are the added words:
- The Gospel according to Saint Luke was published fifteen years after the ascension of Christ.[23]
This tradition also known to the 11th-century Byzantine bishop Theophylact of Ohrid.[24]
See also
- Ascension of Jesus
- Emmaus
- Holy Week
- Jerusalem
- Ministry of Jesus
- Overview of resurrection appearances in the Gospels and Paul
- Relics associated with Jesus
- Shroud of Turin
- Sudarium of Oviedo
- Related Bible parts: Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 8, Luke 23, John 20, Acts 1, Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 15
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Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
- Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". King James Bible - Wikisource
- English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Template:Webarchive
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
- Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
| Preceded by Luke 23 |
Chapters of the Bible Gospel of Luke |
Succeeded by John 1 |
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ a b Nicoll, W. R., The Expositor's Greek Testament on Luke 24, accessed on 7 November 2023
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: King James Version
- ↑ Farrar, F. W. (1891), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Luke 24, accessed 27 July 2018
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: English Standard Version
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: Revised Standard Version
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: New King James Version
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: ESV
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: ESV
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". NKJV
- ↑ a b c Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm (1880). Commentary on the New Testament. Luke 24. Translation by Peter Christie from Meyer's sixth edition. Accessed February 14, 2019.
- ↑ The Definitive Shroud of Turin FAQ, accessed 27 July 2018
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: NKJV
- ↑ Luke 24:36 Greek text analysis. Biblehub.
- ↑ a b Ellicott, C. J. (Ed.) (1905). Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers. Luke 24. London : Cassell and Company, Limited, [1905–1906] Online version: (OCoLC) 929526708. Accessed 28 April 2019.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: NKJV
- ↑ Footnote g in the New Revised Standard Version at Luke 24:51
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: KJV
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- ↑ Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote at Luke 24:53
- ↑ BibleGateway.com, Translations of Luke 24:53
- ↑ Gill, J., Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible on Luke 24, accessed 28 July 2018
- ↑ Theophylact of Ohrid, Preface to the Gospel of Matthew Template:Webarchive, accessed 28 July 2018