Luke Chapter 24 verse 28 Holy Bible
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.
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And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;
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And they drew near to the village where they were going, and *he* made as though he would go farther.
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And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
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They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
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And they came nigh to the village whither they were going, and he made an appearance of going on further,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. This was no feint or deception. The Lord would have left them then to themselves had they not prayed him with real earnestness to abide with them. "How many are there," says Stier, "to whom he has drawn near, but with whom he has not tarried, because they have suffered him to 'go away again,' in his living and heart-moving words! How comparatively rare is it for men to reach the full blessing they might receive (see, for example, the striking historical instance, 2 Kings 13:14, 19)!" But these were not content to let the unknown Teacher pass on, and see no more of him, and hear no more of his strange powerful teaching. It is the words of, and the thought contained in, this verse which suggested the idea of the well-known hymn - "Abide with me; fast falls the eventide."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) He made as though he would have gone further.--This was, it is obvious, the crucial test of the effect of the Lord's previous teaching. Did they feel a new light flowing in upon their souls, bringing new meanings into what had before been obscure and hard sayings? Were they content to let the unknown Teacher pass on, and see no more of Him? Their answer showed, in words that meet us afterwards, that their "hearts" already "burnt within them." Here, also, we note the method of the Divine Teacher as an example for other teachers. We often impress truth more effectively, and 'stimulate the desire for further knowledge, by suspending for a time the continued inculcation of it.
