16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.


In Context

13 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

14 They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.

15 It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.

16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

17 He said to them, |What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?|

18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, |Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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