Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn’t heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days.”
Parallel translations
- WEB One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?”
- KJV 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?
- BSB 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?”
- NKJV Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?”
- NASB One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You possibly the only one living near Jerusalem who does not know about the things that happened here in these days?”
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Quick answer
Cleopas, surprised, asked if the stranger alone was unaware of recent events. The irony is that Jesus knew them best of all.
Overview
One disciple, named Cleopas, expresses astonishment that this traveler seems ignorant of Jerusalem's news. The irony runs deep, for the One they think uninformed is the very subject and author of those events. Luke's naming of Cleopas roots the account in real, identifiable testimony to the risen Christ.
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- John 19:25But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
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