Luke 24 · Verse 8

Luke 24:8

And they remembered his words,
Luke 24:8, King James Version

Luke 24:8 in other translations

BSBThen they remembered His words.
WEBThey remembered his words,
ASVAnd they remembered his words,
YLTAnd they remembered his sayings,
DARBYAnd they remembered his words;
BBEAnd his words came back into their minds,
WebsterAnd they remembered his words,

What does Luke 24:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 They remembered his words - Even the simple recollection of the words of Christ becomes often a source of comfort and support to those who are distressed or tempted: for his words are the words of eternal life.

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 24:8 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.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐμνήσθησανemnēsthēsanthey rememberedG3403
τῶνtōntheG3588
ῥημάτωνrhēmatōndeclarationsG4487
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G846

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

Cross references for Luke 24:8

  • John 14:26

    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  • John 12:16

    These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

  • John 2:19-22

    Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joh 2:19-22; 12:16; 14:26

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

Context

  • Luke 24:7

    Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

  • Luke 24:8

    And they remembered his words,

  • Luke 24:9

    And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

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Luke 24:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces ellas se acordaron de sus palabras,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elles se souvinrent de ses paroles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie gedachten an seine Worte;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et recordatæ sunt verborum ejus.