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They rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
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Joy Demands Action
Commentators overwhelmingly highlight the disciples' immediate response. Despite the late hour, a long journey ahead, and potential dangers, their joy from encountering the risen Christ compelled them to leave "that very hour." Scholars like Calvin and Barnes see this as a model for all believers: a genuine experience with Jesus creates an unstoppable urge to share the good news with others, regardless of inconvenience.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The same hour. Though it was late, and they had stopped, as they thought, for the night, yet such was their joy that they hastened to tell…
That very hour (αυτη τη ωρα). Locative case and common Lukan idiom, at the hour itself. They could not wait.
Gather…
19th Century
Anglican
They rose up the same hour.—As it was towards evening when they had arrived at Emmaus, and its distance from Jerusalem was about eight mil…
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Baptist
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? A…
The words “at once” continue the chronology of the resurrection day (cf. v.13). The reunion with the Eleven brought assurance to all, as the two di…
16th Century
Protestant
And they arose in the same hour.320 The circumstance of the time, and the distance of the places, show with what ardor those tw…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they rose up the same hour Though it was now evening, and the day was spent and gone; and notwithstanding what busine…
If we want Christ to dwell with us, we must be earnest with Him. Those who have experienced the pleasure and profit of communion with Him cannot he…
