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One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only one travelling in Jerusalem who doesn`t know the things which have happened there in these days?"
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An Unbelievable Ignorance
Cleopas expresses shock that the stranger could be unaware of recent events. Commentators explain that the crucifixion was so public and widely discussed that it was inconceivable for anyone in Jerusalem, even a temporary visitor for Passover, to be ignorant of it. This highlights the monumental and public nature of Jesus's death.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Art thou only a stranger? This is an expression of surprise that he should be unaware of an affair that had been so widely discussed and h…
Dost thou alone sojourn? (συ μονος παροικεισ; ). Μονος is predicate adjective. "Hast thou been dwelling alone (all by thyself)?"
19th Century
Anglican
One of them, whose name was Cleopas.—The name is to be distinguished from the Clopas of John 19:25, which was probably a Grecized form of …
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Baptist
And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said to him, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things that have h…
Jesus, without them recognizing him, suddenly asks the two men a question about their conversation. It is striking that when Jesus addressed them, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And one of them, whose name was Cleophas Or Alphaeus, for it is the same name; he was one of the seventy disciples, …
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