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Luke 24:22

The Road to Emmaus

Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, Luke 24:22 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Luke 24:22, in plain English

They added, 'Some of our women shocked us this morning — they went to the tomb early.'

Why it's here

The clues were all there, but grief made it hard to put the pieces together.

Who's speaking

The disciples share the puzzling report they received from the women.

Where it sits in the story

They had all the pieces of the puzzle but couldn't see the picture yet. Sometimes hope hides inside the very news that confuses you most.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

The disciples mention that some women from their group astonished (Greek: exestēsan, 'drove out of one's mind') them with their early morning visit to the tomb.

Language and setting

The disciples' use of exestēsan ('astounded') suggests the women's report was so extraordinary that it bordered on the unbelievable — disorienting rather than convincing.

Voice

The disciples relay the bewildering report from the women who visited the tomb.

Significance

Even as they share the women's account, the disciples treat it as a puzzling complication rather than as evidence of resurrection. The facts are accumulating, but faith has not yet arrived.

In context

Luke 24:20–24

20Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

21But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

22Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

23but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

24Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”

Read all of Luke 24 — Two disciples walking home in despair meet a stranger who opens the Scriptures. Their hearts burn. And then they recognize Him.

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