16But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.


In Context

13 And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.

16 But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

17 And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger to Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?

Luke 24:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:16but they were kept from recognizing him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16and their eyes were holden so as not to know him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:16But their eyes were held that they should not know him.