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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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AT Robertson
On John 20:10
Unto their own home (προς αυτους). "To themselves." Luke (Luke 24:12) has προς αυτον about Peter ("to his home"). This…
Charles Ellicott
On John 20:10
19th Century
Bishop
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.—More exactly, of course, to their lodgings in Jerusalem.…
Charles Spurgeon
On John 20:10
19th Century
Preacher
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 20:10
Puzzled but convinced that something unusual had occurred at the tomb, Peter and John returned to their lodgings in Jerusalem (possibly the “upper …
John Calvin
On John 20:10
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On John 20:10
17th Century
Pastor
Then the disciples
Peter and John, after they had seen and examined things, and satisfied themselves as much as they…
Matthew Henry
On John 20:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…