Key Verse Spotlight
Luke 24:16 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.”
Luke 24:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
And it came to pass, that, while they communed {together} and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
And he said unto them, What manner of communications {are} these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
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