King James Version
What Does Luke 24:35 Mean?
“And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.”
Context
33
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
35
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
36
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
37
But they were terrified and affrighted , and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(35) **He was known of them in breaking of bread.**—The use by St. Luke of a term which, when he wrote, had already acquired a definite secondary meaning, as applied to “breaking bread “in the Supper of the Lord (Acts 2:42; Acts 2:46; 1Corinthians 10:16), is every way significant. He meant men to connect the recognition at Emmaus with their daily or weekly communion in the Body and Blood of Christ.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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