Luke 24 · Verse 3

Luke 24:3

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luke 24:3, King James Version

Luke 24:3 in other translations

BSBbut when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
WEBThey entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.
ASVAnd they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
YLTand having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
DARBYAnd when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
BBEAnd they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.
WebsterAnd they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

What does Luke 24:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 And found not the body of the Lord - His holy soul was in Paradise, Luk 23:43; and the evangelist mentions the body particularly, to show that this only was subject to death. It is, I think, evident enough, from these and other words of Luke, that the doctrine of the materiality of the soul, made no part of his creed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 24:1-12

See the affection and respect the women showed to Christ, after he was dead and buried. Observe their surprise when they found the stone rolled away, and the grave empty. Christians often perplex themselves about that with which they should comfort and encourage themselves. They look rather to find their Master in his grave-clothes, than angels in their shining garments. The angels assure them that he is risen from…

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Luke 24:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἰσελθοῦσαιeiselthousaiHaving enteredG1525
οὐχouchnotG3756
εὗρονheuronthey foundG2147
τὸtotheG3588
σῶμαsōmabodyG4983
τοῦtouof theG3588
κυρίουkuriouLordG2962
Ἰησοῦ.¶IēsouJesus.G2424

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 24:3

  • Luke 24:23

    And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

  • John 20:6-7

    Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23; Mt 16:5; Joh 20:6,7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 24:2

    And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

  • Luke 24:3

    And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

  • Luke 24:4

    And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

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Luke 24:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y entrando, no hallaron el cuerpo del Señor Jesús.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et étant entrées, elles ne trouvèrent pas le corps du seigneur Jésus.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und als sie hineingingen, fanden sie den Leib des Herrn Jesu nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ingressæ non invenerunt corpus Domini Jesu.