King James Version
What Does Luke 24:22 Mean?
“Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;”
Context
20
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
21
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
22
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
24
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(22) **Made us astonished.**—The Greek verb is that from which we get our word “ecstasy,” taken transitively. Literally, *they startled us.*
**Early.**—Strictly speaking, *at day-break,* or *early dawn.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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