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Luke 24:18
One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Cleopas, one of the two disciples walking toward Emmaus, speaks to the resurrected Jesus while they are still on the road. He asks a rhetorical question addressing the stranger’s apparent ignorance of recent events in Jerusalem.
The words — ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) means “answering” and signals Cleopas’s direct reply to Jesus’s prior question. εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν (heis ex autōn) literally translates as “one of them,” distinguishing him from his unnamed companion.
The thread — The name Cleopas surfaces in John 19:25 among those at the cross, where the Greek text identifies a woman as “Mary the [of] Clopas” without stating a marital connection. The dialogue continues immediately in Luke 24:19 with Jesus’s follow-up question and their response about Jesus of Nazareth.
Why it lands — The passage notes that physical presence in a holy city does not guarantee perception of recent divine action. It requires the reader to confront whether familiarity with religious reports replaces actual recognition of what God has done.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Cross-references
- John 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.