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Luke 24:33

What does Luke 24:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 24:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 24:33 means

They rise that very hour and return to Jerusalem, finding the eleven and others gathered. Urgency marks true witness; good news cannot be hoarded. The same road that had carried their disappointment now bears them back with joy and clarity. Community matters: solitary encounters are brought into the fellowship of believers where testimonies reinforce one another. The two disciples move from hearers and hosts to heralds, ready to tell what they have seen and heard. Their return anticipates the later pattern of mission—news received on the way is reported in the city, from which global proclamation will begin.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven, and those with them, gathered together,

Context

After recognizing Jesus and reflecting on the burning of their hearts (vv. 31–32), the travelers immediately retrace their steps (v. 33). This brings the narrative back to Jerusalem, the hub of the chapter’s unfolding witness. Verses 34–35 record mutual testimony—the report of an appearance to Simon and their own account of the road and the breaking of bread. This communal confirmation sets the stage for Jesus’ sudden appearance to the assembled group in verses 36–43, where He will provide undeniable bodily evidence and speak words of peace.

v.32And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

v.33This passage

v.34saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 16:13

    And they went away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them.

  • Acts 1:14

    These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

  • John 20:19

    When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

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