Luke 24:16

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(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

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Referenced Verses

  • John 20:14 : 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
  • John 21:4 : 4 When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
  • Luke 24:31 : 31 At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.
  • 2 Kgs 6:18-20 : 18 As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,“Strike these people with blindness.” The LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 19 Then Elisha said to them,“This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. 20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
  • Mark 16:12 : 12 After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    28 So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

    29 but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.

    30 When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

    31 At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

    32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”

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    14 They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

    15 While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them

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    17 Then he said to them,“What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

    18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?”

    19 He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

  • 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

  • 30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!”

  • 34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

  • 12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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    35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

    36 Jesus Makes a Final Appearance While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.”

    37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

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    24 Then 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.”

    25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

    26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

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    11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

    12 After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

    13 They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

  • 14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

  • 16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

  • 33 They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

  • 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

  • 11 But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.

  • 9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

  • 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

  • 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

  • 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

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    14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

    15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

    16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • 21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

  • 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • 18 They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

  • Mark 9:9-10
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    9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

    10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

  • 50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

  • 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 8 When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

  • 6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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    40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

    41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”

  • 18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

  • 36 After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

  • 52 because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.