16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
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And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-35)This appearance of Christ to the two disciples going to Emmaus was mentioned, and but just mentioned, before (Mark 16:12); here it is largely related. It happened the same day that Christ rose, the first day of the new world that rose with him. One of these two disciples was Cleopas or Alpheus , said by the ancients to be the brother of Joseph, Christ’s supposed father; who the other was is not ce…
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