LUKE 24:23 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT and not finding his body, they came saying they had also seen a vision of angels, saying he was alive.

UST but the body of Jesus was not there! They came back and told us they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels said that Jesus was alive!

BLB and not having found His body, they came declaring to have also seen a vision of angels, who say He is alive.

AICNT and when they did not find his body, they came back saying [also][fn] that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

24:23 , also: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(e) Syriac(sy^s sy^c sy^p)

OEB And, not finding the body of Jesus there, came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he was alive.

WEBBE and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

LSV and having not found His body, they came, saying to have also seen an apparition of messengers who say He is alive,

FBV At dawn they went to the tomb and they didn't find his body. They came back saying that they'd seen a vision of angels who told them he's alive.

TCNT and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

T4T but Jesus’ body was not there! They came back and said that they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels said that he was alive!

LEB and when they[fn] did not find his body, they came back saying they had seen even a vision of angels, who said that he was alive!

24:23 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“find”) which is understood as temporal

BBE And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

Moff and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

Wymth and, finding that His body was not there, they came and declared to us that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

ASV and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

DRA And not finding his body, came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

YLT and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

Drby and, not having found his body, came, saying that they also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.

RV and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

SLT And not finding his body, they came, saying also to have seen a vision of messengers, who say he is living.

Wbstr And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

KJB-1769 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

KJB-1611 And when they found not his bodie, they came, saying, that they had also seene a vision of Angels, which saide that he was aliue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And founde not his body, and came, saying that they had seene a vision of angels, which sayde that he was alyue.
(And found not his body, and came, saying that they had seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.)

Gnva And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seene a vision of Angels, which sayd, that he was aliue.
(And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of Angels, which said, that he was alive. )

Cvdl and founde not his body, came and tolde, that they had sene a visio of angels, which sayde he was alyue.
(and found not his body, came and told, that they had seen a visio of angels, which said he was alive.)

TNT and founde not his boddy: and came sayinge that they had sene a vision of angels which sayde that he was alyve.
(and found not his boddy: and came saying that they had seen a vision of angels which said that he was alive. )

Wycl thei camen, and seiden, that thei syen also a siyt of aungels, whiche seien, that he lyueth.
(they came, and said, that they seen also a sight of angels, which said, that he liveth/lives.)

Luth haben seinen Leib nicht funden, kommen und sagen, sie haben ein Gesicht der Engel gesehen, welche sagen, er lebe.
(have his body not funds, coming and say, they/she/them have a vision/face the/of_the angel seen, which say, he live.)

ClVg et non invento corpore ejus, venerunt, dicentes se etiam visionem angelorum vidisse, qui dicunt eum vivere.
(and not/no invento body his, they_came, saying himself also vision of_messengers/angels I_sawsse, who/which they_say him to_live. )

UGNT καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, ἦλθαν λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν.
(kai maʸ heurousai to sōma autou, aʸlthan legousai kai optasian angelōn heōrakenai, hoi legousin auton zaʸn.)

SBL-GNT καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν.
(kai maʸ heurousai to sōma autou aʸlthon legousai kai optasian angelōn heōrakenai, hoi legousin auton zaʸn.)

RP-GNT καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῇν.
(kai maʸ heurousai to sōma autou, aʸlthon legousai kai optasian angelōn heōrakenai, hoi legousin auton zaʸn.)

TC-GNT καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, [fn]ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῇν.
(kai maʸ heurousai to sōma autou, aʸlthon legousai kai optasian angelōn heōrakenai, hoi legousin auton zaʸn. )

24:23 ηλθον ¦ ηλθαν WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 24:13–35: Jesus came to two disciples on the road to Emmaus

The author told how two of Jesus’ disciples saw Jesus on the road to the village of Emmaus, but they did not know that he was Jesus. He talked with them and reminded them that God’s prophets had said that the Messiah would die and rise again. They invited him into their home. As he sat at the table with them, God caused them to realize that this man himself was Jesus, who had become alive again. Jesus disappeared, and the two disciples went quickly back to Jerusalem and told the other disciples that they had seen the Lord.

The account in this section does not occur elsewhere in Scripture. Some other examples of headings for this section are:

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples (CEV)

The Walk to Emmaus (NLT)

24:23a

but they did not find His body.

but they did not find/see his body there.
his body/corpse was not there.

but they did not find His body: The disciples implied here that the women did not find Jesus’ body because it was not there. They did not imply that the women should have searched for it more carefully. Some other ways to translate this clause are:

when they did not find his corpse

They said his body was missing (NLT)

24:23b

They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels,

Then the women came to us^(excl). They said/reported that they had seen angels,
After that, they came to us^(excl). They told us that angels from heaven/God appeared to them

24:23c

who said that Jesus was alive.

and the angels said that Jesus is alive.
and told them that now Jesus lives.

24:23b–c

They came and told us: The phrase They came and told us implies that when the women left the tomb, they went to Jesus’ disciples to tell them what they saw there. Some other ways to translate the clause are:

They came to us and said

Then they came back to our group and told us

told us: The BSB supplies the word us here. It refers to the group of Jesus’ followers whom the women told about going to his tomb. It does not refer only to the two disciples who were walking with Jesus. It does not include the person (Jesus) to whom they are speaking.

they had seen a vision of angels: This clause is another way to say “they had seen angels.” In this context the word vision implies that the angels were sent from God. They normally live in heaven with God, and people do not usually see them. The word vision does not imply here that the women were asleep or in a trance. Another way to translate the clause is:

they had seen angels (NLT)

angels: The word “angel” occurred in 22:43. For more information and translation suggestions, see the notes at 22:43a. See also angel, Meaning 1, in the Glossary.

General Comment on 24:22–23

In some languages it may be more natural to translate the order of events in these verses in a different way. For example:

^22bThen early this morning some women among us went to his tomb ^23abut did not find his body. ^22aThey returned to us with an amazing story. ^23bThey said they saw angels ^23cwho said he was alive.

Translate the information in these verses in a natural order in your language. If you combine the verses, you may put both verse numbers at the beginning of the verse. For example: