Luke 24:18-24

24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, ¹  “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know ²  the things that have happened there ³  in these days?” 24:19 He ⁴  said to them, “What things?” “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied, “a man ⁵  who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet ⁶  before God and all the people; 24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over ⁷  to be condemned to death, and crucified ⁸  him. 24:21 But we had hoped ⁹  that he was the one who was going to redeem ¹⁰  Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened. 24:22 Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. ¹¹  They ¹²  were at the tomb early this morning, 24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, ¹³  who said he was alive. 24:24 Then ¹⁴  some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “answering him, said.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

² sn There is irony and almost a sense of mocking disbelief as the question “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” comes to Jesus; but, of course, the readers know what the travelers do not.

³ tn Grk “in it” (referring to the city of Jerusalem).

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ tn This translates the Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr).

⁶ sn The role of Jesus as prophet is a function Luke frequently mentions: 4:25-27; 9:35; 13:31-35.

⁷ sn Handed him over is another summary of the passion like Luke 9:22.

⁸ sn See the note on crucify in 23:21.

¹⁰ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

¹¹ sn Their messianic hope concerning Jesus is expressed by the phrase who was going to redeem Israel.

¹³ sn The account in 24:1-12 is repeated here, and it is clear that the other disciples were not convinced by the women, but could not explain the events either.

¹⁴ tn In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁶ sn The men in dazzling attire mentioned in v. 4 are identified as angels here.

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

²⁰ tn Here the pronoun αὐτόν (auton), referring to Jesus, is in an emphatic position. The one thing they lacked was solid evidence that he was alive.