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The Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:17

In 9 translations

BSB
He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
KJV
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
WEB
He said to them, “What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?”
ASV
And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
LSV
and He said to them, “What [are] these words that you exchange with one another, walking, and you are sad?”
YLT
and he said unto them, 'What [are] these words that ye exchange with one another, walking, and ye are sad?'
DBY
And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass between you as ye walk, and are downcast?
DRC
And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?
GNV
And he sayd vnto them, What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad?

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐστάθησαν (“they stood still”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐστε (“you are”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐστάθησαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐστάθησαν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες; καὶ ἐστάθησαν σκυθρωποί.
RP2018
Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες, καί ἐστε σκυθρωποί;
TR-Boyd
Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες, καί ἐστε σκυθρωποί;
SCR1894
ειπεν δε προς αυτους τινες οι λογοι ουτοι ους αντιβαλλετε προς αλληλους περιπατουντες και εστε σκυθρωποι

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  • John 16:20–22Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her…
  • John 16:6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
  • Ezekiel 9:4–6“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him…

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