King James Version
What Does Luke 24:4 Mean?
“And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout , behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:”
Context
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And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
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And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
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And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout , behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
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And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? the living: or, him that liveth
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He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(4) **Two men stood by them.**—St. Mark and St. Matthew mention one only. Had St. Matthew given the two, it might have been urged by adverse critics that this duplication of phenomena, as in the case of the demoniacs (Matthew 8:28), and the blind men at Jericho (Matthew 20:30), was an idiosyncrasy of his. As it is, we must suppose that each set of informants—the two Maries, and the “others” from whom it seems probable that St. Luke’s report was derived—described what they themselves had seen. At such moments of terror and astonishment, perception and memory are not always very definite in their reports.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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