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and when they didn`t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
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Evidence vs. Unbelief
Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill highlight a profound irony: the disciples on the road to Emmaus recount a powerful case for the resurrection—an empty tomb and a vision of angels declaring Jesus is alive—yet they remain sad and unbelieving. Their own story convicts them of being "slow of heart," showing that even compelling evidence requires faith to be truly accepted.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Certain women. See Matthew 28:1-7; John 20:12.
A vision of angels. An appearance of angels, or they had seen ang…
Had seen (εωρακενα). Perfect active infinitive in indirect assertion after λεγουσα. Same construction for ζηιν after λεγουσιν. But…
19th Century
Anglican
A vision of angels.—The word for “vision” is used of what Zacharias saw in the Temple (Luke 1:22), of the “visions” of…
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Baptist
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he whi…
What follows constitutes an affirmation about the person and work of Christ that is of great significance for our understanding of Jesus and of Luk…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they found not his body In the sepulchre, as they expected, and so could not do what they intended: …
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This appearance of Jesus to the two disciples going to Emmaus happened on the same day that he rose from the dead. It is fitting for the disciples …
