King James Version
What Does Luke 24:9 Mean?
“And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.”
Context
7
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
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And they remembered his words,
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And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
10
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
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And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(9-11) **To all the rest.**—So Matthew 28:8 as to “the disciples,” as a wider term than “Apostles.” We may naturally think of many at least of the Seventy as being among the “rest.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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