The Meaning of Luke 24:34 Explained

Luke 24:34

KJV: Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

YLT: saying -- 'The Lord was raised indeed, and was seen by Simon;'

Darby: saying, The Lord is indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.

ASV: saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Saying,  The Lord  is risen  indeed,  and  hath appeared  to Simon. 

What does Luke 24:34 Mean?

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 24:34

Saying [λεγοντας]
Accusative present active participle agreeing with “the eleven and those with them” in Luke 24:33. [source]
Indeed [οντως]
Really, because “he has appeared to Simon” First aorist passive indicative of οραω — horaō This is the crucial evidence that turned the scales with the disciples and explains “indeed.” Paul also mentions it (1 Corinthians 15:5). [source]
Is risen [ὤφθη]
Both aorists. The Lord rose and appeared. So Wyc. See on appeared, Luke 22:43. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 24:34

Mark 16:7 And Peter [και τωι Πετρωι]
Only in Mark, showing that Peter remembered gratefully this special message from the Risen Christ. Later in the day Jesus will appear also to Peter, an event that changed doubt to certainty with the apostles (Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5). See Matthew 28:7 for discussion of promised meeting in Galilee. [source]
Luke 23:48 Certainly [οντως]
Really, old adverb from the participle ον — on from ειμι — eimi to be. Used also in Luke 24:34 of the resurrection of Jesus. [source]
John 21:15 Lovest thou me more than these? [αγαπαις με πλεον τουτων]
Ablative case of comparison τουτων — toutōn (disciples) after πλεον — pleon Peter had even boasted that he would stand by Christ though all men forsook him (Mark 14:29). We do not know what passed between Jesus and Peter when Jesus first appeared to him (Luke 24:34). But here Christ probes the inmost recesses of Peter‘s heart to secure the humility necessary for service. I love thee Peter makes no claim here to superior love and passes by the “more than these” and does not even use Christ‘s word αγαπαω — agapaō for high and devoted love, but the humbler word πιλεω — phileō for love as a friend. He insists that Christ knows this in spite of his conduct. Feed my lambs For the old word βοσκω — boskō (to feed as a herdsman) see Matthew 8:33. Present active imperative here. Αρνια — Arnia is a diminutive of αρνος — arnos (lamb). [source]
John 8:36 If therefore the son shall make you free [εαν ουν ο υιος υμας ελευτερωσηι]
Condition of third class with εαν — ean and first aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive. “If therefore the Son set you free,” as he has the power to do. Ye shall be free indeed Old and common adverb from participle οντων — ontōn actually, really (cf. Luke 24:34). But this spiritual freedom was beyond the concept or wish of these Jews. [source]
1 Corinthians 14:25 That God is among you indeed [οτι οντως εν υμιν εστιν]
Recitative οτι — hoti and direct quotation from Isaiah 45:15 (Hebrew rather than the lxx). “Really (οντως — ontōs Luke 24:34) God is in you.” [source]
1 Corinthians 15:5 And that he appeared to Cephas [και οτι ωπτη Κηπαι]
First aorist passive indicative of the defective verb οραω — horaō to see. Paul means not a mere “vision,” but actual appearance. John uses επανερωτη — ephanerōthē (John 21:14) from πανεροω — phaneroō to make manifest, of Christ‘s appearance to the seven by the Sea of Galilee. Peter was listed first Jesus had sent a special message to him (Mark 16:7) after his resurrection. This special appearance to Peter is made the determining factor in the joyful faith of the disciples (Luke 24:34), though mentioned incidentally here. Paul had told all these four facts to the Corinthians in his preaching. He gives further proof of the fact of Christ‘s resurrection. There are ten appearances given besides the one to Paul. Nine are in the Gospels (Mary Magdalene in John and Mark, the other women in Matthew, the two going to Emmaus in Luke, Simon Peter in Luke and I Corinthians, the ten apostles and others in Luke and John and Mark, the eleven and others in John, the seven by the sea in John, to over five hundred in Galilee in Matthew and Paul and Mark, to the apostles in Jerusalem in Luke and Mark and Acts and I Corinthians) and one in I Corinthians above (to James). It will be seen that Paul mentions only five of the ten, one, that to James, not given elsewhere. What he gives is conclusive evidence of the fact, particularly when Revelation-enforced by his own experience (the sixth appearance mentioned by Paul). The way to prove this great fact is to start with Paul‘s own witness given in this undoubted Epistle. The natural way to understand Paul‘s adverbs of time here is chronological: then (ειτα — eita), then (επειτα — epeita), then (επειτα — epeita), then (ειτα — eita), last of all (εσχατον παντων — eschaton pantōn). [source]
Galatians 3:21 Which could make alive [ο δυναμενος ζωοποιησαι]
First aorist active infinitive of ζωοποιεω — zōopoieō late compound “Really” (cf. Mark 11:32; Luke 24:34). Condition and conclusion (αν ην — an ēn) of second class, determined as unfulfilled. He had already said that Christ died to no purpose in that case (Galatians 2:21). [source]
Galatians 3:21 Verily [οντως]
“Really” (cf. Mark 11:32; Luke 24:34). Condition and conclusion (αν ην — an ēn) of second class, determined as unfulfilled. He had already said that Christ died to no purpose in that case (Galatians 2:21). [source]
1 Timothy 5:3 Who are widows indeed [τὰς ὄντως χήρας]
Comp. 1 Timothy 5:5, 1 Timothy 5:16. Ὄντως verilytruly, twice in Paul, 1 Corinthians 14:25; Galatians 3:21. See on 2 Peter 2:18. Wherever ὄντως is used by Paul or by any other N.T. writer, it is used purely as an adverb (see Luke 23:47; Luke 24:34): but in all the four instances in the Pastorals, it is preceded by the article and converted into an adjective. The meaning is, who are absolutely bereaved, without children or relations (comp. 1 Timothy 5:4), and have been but once married. There is probably also an implied contrast with those described in 1 Timothy 5:6, 1 Timothy 5:11-13. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 24:34 mean?

saying - Indeed has risen the Lord and He has appeared to Simon
λέγοντας ὅτι Ὄντως ἠγέρθη Κύριος καὶ ὤφθη Σίμωνι

λέγοντας  saying 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root: λέγω 
Sense: to say, to speak.
ὅτι  - 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
Ὄντως  Indeed 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὀλίγως 
Sense: truly, in reality, in point of fact, as opp.
ἠγέρθη  has  risen 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἐγείρω  
Sense: to arouse, cause to rise.
Κύριος  Lord 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
ὤφθη  He  has  appeared 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἶδον 
Sense: to see with the eyes.
Σίμωνι  to  Simon 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular
Root: Σίμων  
Sense: Peter was one of the apostles.

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