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So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
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Returning to Their Lodgings
Commentators clarify that when the disciples went to 'their own home,' it refers to their temporary lodgings in Jerusalem, not a return to Galilee. The Greek literally says they went 'to themselves,' an idiom for returning to their own place or company, where the other disciples were waiting.
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Unto their own home (προς αυτους). "To themselves." Luke (Luke 24:12) has προς αυτον about Peter ("to his home"). This…
19th Century
Anglican
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.—More exactly, of course, to their lodgings in Jerusalem.…
Baptist
Having ascertained that the body of Jesus was not there, and John having come to the conclusion that the Lord had indeed risen from the dead, he an…
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Puzzled but convinced that something unusual had occurred at the tomb, Peter and John returned to their lodgings in Jerusalem (possibly the “upper …
16th Century
Protestant
Then the disciples went away again to their own homes. It is possible that their minds were still in a state of doubt and uncertainty when…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the disciples Peter and John, after they had seen and examined things, and satisfied themselves as much as they…
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Presbyterian
If Christ gave his life a ransom and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a g…
13th Century
Catholic
Having told how Mary Magdalene came to the opened tomb, the Evangelist now tells how she came to see the angels.
