Luke 24:53

and were continually in the temple courts ¹  blessing ²  God. ³ 

biblegateway Luk 24:53

And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

biblegateway Luk 24:53

and were continually in the temple praising God.

biblegateway Luk 24:53

And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.

biblegateway Luk 24:53

They spent all their time in the Temple praising God. Yes.

SABDAweb Luk 24:53

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.

bibleoremus Luk 24:53

and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

biblegateway Luk 24:53

and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.

biblegateway Luk 24:53

and were continually in the temple courts ¹  blessing ²  God. ³ 

¹ tn Grk “in the temple.”

¹ sn Luke’s gospel story proper ends where it began, in the temple courts (Luke 1:4-22). The conclusion is open-ended, because the story continues in Acts with what happened from Jerusalem onwards, once the promise of the Father (v. 49) came.

² tc The Western text (D it) has αἰνοῦντες (ainounte", “praising”) here, while the Alexandrian mss (Ì⁷⁵ א B C* L) have εὐλογοῦντες (eulogounte", “blessing”). Most mss, especially the later Byzantine mss, evidently combine these two readings with αἰνοῦντες καὶ εὐλογοῦντες (A C² W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat). It is more difficult to decide between the two earlier readings. Internal arguments can go either way, but what seems decisive in this instance are the superior witnesses for εὐλογοῦντες.

³ tc The majority of Greek mss, some of which are important witnesses (A B C² Θ Ψ Ë¹³ Ï lat), add “Amen” to note the Gospel’s end. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, since significant witnesses lack the word (Ì⁷⁵ א C* D L W 1 33 pc it co ), it is evidently not original.