The Meaning of Luke 24:33 Explained

Luke 24:33

KJV: And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

YLT: And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them,

Darby: And rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven, and those with them, gathered together,

ASV: And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  they rose up  the same  hour,  and returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  found  the eleven  gathered together,  and  them that were with  them, 

What does Luke 24:33 Mean?

Study Notes

eleven
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A collective term, equivalent to "The Sanhedrin," "The Commons," not necessarily implying that eleven persons were present. See Luke 24:33 ; 1 Corinthians 15:5 ; Matthew 28:16 where "eleven disciples" implies a definite number of persons.

Context Summary

Luke 24:28-35 - "abide With Us"
Our Lord must be invited and constrained. He will not impose Himself on an unwilling host; but how glad He is to enter where a welcome awaits! He turns ordinary meals into sacraments; common rooms into royal chambers: and the homeliest things into symbols of the eternal. He sat with them, then vanished; but He was no less truly with them when He ceased to be seen-and all to teach them that when He had passed permanently from their sight He would be nearer than ever.
When you have had a great vision of the Lord, be sure to tell it. Do not wait in the interior of your own chamber, hugging the joy and comfort of His presence. Hasten back to your fellow-believers. They also have much to tell. This appearance to Simon Peter is referred to by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:5. When men really love the Savior, they will love the ordinances of the Church, the fellowship of the brethren, and especially the holy supper, where He makes Himself known. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 24

1  Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb
9  They report it to others
13  Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;
36  afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;
47  gives them a charge;
49  promises the Holy Spirit;
50  and so ascends into heaven

Greek Commentary for Luke 24:33

That very hour [αυτηι τηι ωραι]
Locative case and common Lukan idiom, at the hour itself. They could not wait. [source]
Gathered [ητροισμενους]
Perfect passive participle of ατροιζω — athroizō old verb from ατροος — athroos (copulative α — a and τροος — throos crowd). Only here in the N.T. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 24:33

Mark 16:13 Neither believed they them [ουδε εκεινοις επιστευσαν]
The men fared no better than the women. But Luke‘s report of the two on the way to Emmaus is to the effect that they met a hearty welcome by them in Jerusalem (Luke 24:33-35). This shows the independence of the two narratives on this point. There was probably an element who still discredited all the resurrection stories as was true on the mountain in Galilee later when “some doubted” (Matthew 28:17). [source]
Mark 16:14 To the eleven themselves [αυτοις τοις ενδεκα]
Both terms, eleven and twelve (John 20:24), occur after the death of Judas. There were others present on this first Sunday evening according to Luke 24:33. [source]
Luke 24:34 Saying [λεγοντας]
Accusative present active participle agreeing with “the eleven and those with them” in Luke 24:33. [source]
Acts 12:12 To the house of Mary [επι την οικιαν της Μαριας]
Another Mary (the others were Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, Mary wife of Cleopas, Mary the mother of James and Joses). She may have been a widow and was possessed of some means since her house was large enough to hold the large group of disciples there. Barnabas, cousin of John Mark her son (Colossians 4:10), was also a man of property or had been (Acts 4:36.). It is probable that the disciples had been in the habit of meeting in her house, a fact known to Peter and he was evidently fond of John Mark whom he afterwards calls “my son” (1 Peter 5:13) and whom he had met here. The upper room of Acts 1:13 may have been in Mary‘s house and Mark may have been the man bearing a pitcher of water (Luke 22:10) and the young man who fled in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:51.). There was a gate and portress here as in the house of the highpriest (John 18:16). Peter knew where to go and even at this early hour hoped to find some of the disciples. Mary is one of the many mothers who have become famous by reason of their sons, though she was undoubtedly a woman of high character herself. Were gathered together and were praying (ησαν συνητροισμενοι και προσευχομενοι — ēsan sunēthroisōmenoi kai proseuchomenoi). Note difference in the tenses, one periphrastic past perfect passive (συνατροιζω — sunathroizō old verb, in the N.T. here only and Acts 19:25 and the uncompounded τροιζω — throizō in Luke 24:33) and the periphrastic imperfect. The praying apparently had been going on all night and a large number (many, ικανοι — hikanoi) of the disciples were there. One recalls the time when they had gathered to pray (Acts 4:31) after Peter had told the disciples of the threats of the Sanhedrin (Acts 4:23). God had rescued Peter then. Would he let him be put to death now as James had been? [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 24:33 mean?

And having risen up [that] same - hour they returned to Jerusalem they found gathered together the eleven those with them
Καὶ ἀναστάντες αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ εὗρον ἠθροισμένους τοὺς ἕνδεκα τοὺς σὺν αὐτοῖς

ἀναστάντες  having  risen  up 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀναπηδάω 
Sense: to cause to rise up, raise up.
αὐτῇ  [that]  same 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
τῇ  - 
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ὥρᾳ  hour 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ὥρα  
Sense: a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year.
ὑπέστρεψαν  they  returned 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ὑποστρέφω  
Sense: to turn back.
Ἰερουσαλήμ  Jerusalem 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: Ἰερουσαλήμ  
Sense: denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants.
εὗρον  they  found 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: εὑρίσκω  
Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with.
ἠθροισμένους  gathered  together 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀθροίζω 
Sense: to gather together with others.
ἕνδεκα  eleven 
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root: ἕνδεκα  
Sense: eleven.
τοὺς  those 
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.

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