Luke 24:6
What does Luke 24:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 24:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 24:6 means
The message is plain: “He is not here, but is risen.” The tomb’s emptiness has a cause—God has raised Jesus. The angels urge the women to remember His words from Galilee, where He clearly foretold His suffering, death, and resurrection. Memory becomes the bridge from sight to faith. What seemed like defeat now reads as fulfillment. The resurrection is not an unexpected rescue but the planned climax of Jesus’ mission. By directing them to Jesus’ teaching, the angels anchor belief not in a fleeting vision but in Christ’s own promises. The gospel stands on His trustworthy word.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
KJV
King James Version · 1611He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,
Context
Following the corrective question of verse 5, verse 6 gives the joyful reason for the empty tomb and calls the women to recall Jesus’ prior instruction. The emphasis on remembering is essential, because the next verse summarizes those predictions. This movement ties the resurrection to Jesus’ authority and to God’s plan rather than to rumor. The narrative is shifting the women from passive mourners to active witnesses; their recollection will propel them to report to the eleven. Verses 6–8 thus lay the doctrinal foundation upon which the subsequent witness is built.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 9:30
And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
- Matthew 12:40
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Luke 18:31
And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.
- Matthew 27:63
saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
- Luke 9:22
saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Matthew 16:21
From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
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