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


In Context

13 And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about sixty furlongs.

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

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

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

17 And he said to them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

18 And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said to him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which have come to pass 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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