Luke 24:16
Good News Translation
they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him.

New Revised Standard Version
but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Contemporary English Version
But they did not know who he was.

New American Bible
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Luke 24:31 And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.

2 Kings 6:18-20 And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus. . . .

Mark 16:12 And after that he appeared in another shape to two of them walking, as they were going into the country.

John 20:14 When she had thus said, she turned herself back and saw Jesus standing: and she knew not that it was Jesus.

John 21:4 But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

Context
The Road to Emmaus
15And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them. 16But their eyes were held, that they should not know him. 17And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk and are sad?…
Cross References
Luke 24:15
And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them.

Luke 24:17
And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk and are sad?

Luke 24:31
And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.

John 20:14
When she had thus said, she turned herself back and saw Jesus standing: and she knew not that it was Jesus.

John 21:4
But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

Luke 24:15
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