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Luke 24:9

What does Luke 24:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 24:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 24:9 means

Having remembered Jesus’ words and seen the empty tomb, the women return from the tomb and tell all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Their response to revelation is immediate testimony. God entrusts to them the first announcement of the resurrection, granting them honored roles in salvation history. They do not argue or embellish; they report what they have experienced and what the angels declared. The content is comprehensive—“all these things”—suggesting both the facts and their meaning. Their obedience stands in contrast to the unbelief that will meet them, showing that truth does not depend on initial reception to be true.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and having turned back from the tomb told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and, returning from the sepulchre, related all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Context

After the angels’ message and the women’s remembrance (vv. 6–8), verse 9 moves the action back to the community of disciples. The women become messengers to the eleven and others. This sets up the tension in verses 10–11, where their report is identified and then dismissed as idle talk. The flow underscores both the reliability of the witnesses—named women who observed the tomb—and the slowness of the apostles to accept the news. This prepares for Peter’s personal investigation in verse 12, which will add another layer of evidence and wonder.

v.8And they remembered his words,

v.9This passage

v.10Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them told these things unto the apostles.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 28:7

    And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

  • Mark 16:10

    She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

  • Mark 16:7

    But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

  • Luke 24:22

    Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;

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