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href="/bsb/luke/24.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/24.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And they having worshiped Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy [fully understanding that He lives and that He is the Son of God];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After his disciples had worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem and were very happy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The disciples worshiped him and were overjoyed as they went back to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they, having worshiped Him, turned back to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And they having worshiped Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they having worshipped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And worshiping, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/24.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But they worshiped him and they returned to Jerusalem in great joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/24.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/24.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/24.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And they, after paying him their adorations, returned to Jerusalem with vast joy:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/24.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and they worship'd him, and with great joy return'd to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/24.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And they, worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/24.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And they worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/24-52.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=9847" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/24.htm">The Ascension</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">51</span>While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven. <span class="reftext">52</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autoi (PPro-NM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">they</a> <a href="/greek/4352.htm" title="4352: proskynēsantes (V-APA-NMP) -- From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.">worshiped</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/5290.htm" title="5290: hypestrepsan (V-AIA-3P) -- To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.">and returned</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/2419.htm" title="2419: Ierousalēm (N-AFS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalēs (Adj-GFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">great</a> <a href="/greek/5479.htm" title="5479: charas (N-GFS) -- Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight.">joy,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">53</span>praising God continually in the temple.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-11</a></span><br />After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. / They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. / “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-9.htm">Matthew 28:9</a></span><br />Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-22.htm">John 16:22</a></span><br />So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/20-20.htm">John 20:20</a></span><br />After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46-47</a></span><br />With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart, / praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-4.htm">Philippians 4:4</a></span><br />Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">1 Peter 1:8</a></span><br />Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/47-5.htm">Psalm 47:5</a></span><br />God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Psalm 68:18</a></span><br />You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-1.htm">Psalm 95:1-2</a></span><br />Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! / Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/100-1.htm">Psalm 100:1-2</a></span><br />A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. / Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Isaiah 51:11</a></span><br />So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12</a></span><br />You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a></span><br />Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-10.htm">1 Chronicles 16:10</a></span><br />Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/28-9.htm">Matthew 28:9,17</a></b></br> And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/20-28.htm">John 20:28</a></b></br> And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.</p><p class="hdg">with.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11</a></b></br> Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-28.htm">John 14:28</a></b></br> Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come <i>again</i> unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-7.htm">John 16:7,22</a></b></br> Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/24-5.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/luke/24-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/luke/4-9.htm">Homage</a> <a href="/luke/24-49.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/luke/24-41.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/luke/23-48.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/luke/14-10.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/luke/2-38.htm">Worshipped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/9-38.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/john/2-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/john/9-38.htm">Homage</a> <a href="/john/1-19.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/john/3-29.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/john/2-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Worshiping</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">Worshipped</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-9.htm">They report it to others.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-13.htm">Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-36.htm">afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-47.htm">gives them a charge;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-49.htm">promises the Holy Spirit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/24-50.htm">and so ascends into heaven.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And they worshiped Him</b><br>This phrase indicates the disciples' recognition of Jesus' divine nature following His resurrection and ascension. Worship, in Jewish tradition, is reserved for God alone, highlighting their acknowledgment of Jesus as God incarnate. This act of worship fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a>, where every knee shall bow to God. The disciples' worship also reflects the fulfillment of Jesus' own words in <a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a> about worshiping in spirit and truth. The Greek word used here for worship, "proskuneo," implies a deep reverence and submission, often involving physical gestures such as bowing or kneeling.<p><b>and returned to Jerusalem</b><br>Jerusalem holds significant theological and historical importance as the center of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple. It is also the city where Jesus was crucified and resurrected, making it a focal point for the early Christian community. The disciples' return to Jerusalem signifies obedience to Jesus' command in <a href="/luke/24-49.htm">Luke 24:49</a> to stay in the city until they are "clothed with power from on high." This return sets the stage for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, as described in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, marking the birth of the Church.<p><b>with great joy</b><br>The disciples' joy contrasts with their previous sorrow and confusion following Jesus' crucifixion. This joy is rooted in the assurance of Jesus' victory over death and His promise of the Holy Spirit. It reflects the fulfillment of Jesus' words in <a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20-22</a>, where He tells the disciples that their grief will turn to joy. This joy is not merely emotional but is a profound spiritual state resulting from the realization of God's redemptive plan through Christ. It also serves as a testament to the transformative power of the resurrection, which is a central theme in Christian theology.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>The followers of Jesus who witnessed His ascension and responded with worship and joy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The risen Lord who ascended into heaven, fulfilling His earthly mission and promising the Holy Spirit.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city to which the disciples returned, a central place in biblical history and the early church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/ascension.htm">Ascension</a></b><br>The event where Jesus was taken up into heaven, marking the end of His physical presence on earth.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_of_olives.htm">Mount of Olives</a></b><br>The location near Bethany from where Jesus ascended, a place of significant biblical events.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_response_to_revelation.htm">Worship as a Response to Revelation</a></b><br>The disciples' immediate response to Jesus' ascension was worship. This teaches us that true revelation of Christ's nature and work should lead us to worship Him wholeheartedly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_obedience.htm">Joy in Obedience</a></b><br>The disciples returned to Jerusalem with great joy, demonstrating that obedience to Christ's commands brings joy. We are called to find joy in following Jesus, even when the path is uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The disciples returned together, highlighting the importance of community in the Christian journey. We are encouraged to seek fellowship with other believers as we await Christ's return.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">Anticipation of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Their return to Jerusalem was in anticipation of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus. We should live in expectation of the Spirit's work in our lives, empowering us for service and witness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_the_ascension.htm">Living in the Light of the Ascension</a></b><br>Jesus' ascension assures us of His ongoing intercession and reign. We are called to live with the assurance that Christ is sovereign and actively involved in our lives.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(52) <span class= "bld">They worshipped him.</span>--These words also are absent from most of the best MSS. If they stand as part of the text, we must remember that they describe the attitude of prostrate adoration.<p><span class= "bld">With great joy.</span>--Now, at last, the disciples found the fulfilment of their Lord's promise that "their sorrow should be turned into joy," and that joy--the joy of knowing that their Lord and their Friend was at the right hand of the Father--was one which no man could take from them (<a href="/john/16-20.htm" title="Truly, truly, I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.">John 16:20</a>; <a href="/john/16-22.htm" title="And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.">John 16:22</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 52.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.</span> This "great joy," on first thoughts, is singular till we read between the lines, and see how perfectly they now grasped the new mode of the Lord's connection with his own. They <span class="accented">knew</span> that henceforth, not for a little time as before the cross, not fitfully as since the Resurrection, but that for ever, though their eyes might not see him, would they feel his blessed presence near (see <a href="/john/14-28.htm">John 14:28</a>; <a href="/john/16-7.htm">John 16:7</a>). One question more connected with the Ascension presses for an answer. Much modern criticism regards this last scene simply as one of the ordinary disappearances of the forty days, and declines to admit any external, visible fact in which the Ascension was manifested. But St. Luke's description. both in his Gospel and in the Acts, is plainly too circumstantial to admit of any hypothesis which limits the Ascension to a purely spiritual elevation. At the end of his earthly ministry, the evening before the cress, Jesus asked back his glory: "Now, O Father, glorify thou <span class="accented">me</span> with thine own sell, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was" (<a href="/john/17-5.htm">John 17:5</a>). The Ascension and consequent session at the right hand was the answer to the prayer of Christ. It was necessary for the training of the first teachers of Christianity that the great fact should be represented in some outward and visible form. "The physical elevation," writes Dr. Westcott, "was a speaking parable, an eloquent symbol, but not the truth to which it pointed, or the reality which it foreshadowed, The change which Christ revealed by the Ascension was not a change of place, but a change of state; not local, but spiritual. Still, from the necessities of our human condition, the spiritual change was represented sacramentally, so to speak, in an outward form He passed beyond the sphere of man's sensible existence to the open presence of God" ('Tim Revelation of the Risen Lord'). <span class="accented">The session at the right hand of God</span> (<a href="/mark/16-19.htm">Mark 16:19</a>) cannot designate any particular place. The ascension, then, of Jesus is not the exchange of one locality, <span class="accented">earth</span>, merely for another we term <span class="accented">heaven.</span> It is a change of state; it is a passing from all confinement within the limits of space to <span class="accented">omnipresence.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/24-52.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">they</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοὶ</span> <span class="translit">(autoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">worshiped</span><br /><span class="grk">προσκυνήσαντες</span> <span class="translit">(proskynēsantes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4352.htm">Strong's 4352: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὸν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] returned</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπέστρεψαν</span> <span class="translit">(hypestrepsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5290.htm">Strong's 5290: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰερουσαλὴμ</span> <span class="translit">(Ierousalēm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2419.htm">Strong's 2419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="grk">μετὰ</span> <span class="translit">(meta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">great</span><br /><span class="grk">μεγάλης</span> <span class="translit">(megalēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> </span><span class="str2">Large, great, in the widest sense. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">joy,</span><br /><span class="grk">χαρᾶς</span> <span class="translit">(charas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5479.htm">Strong's 5479: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joy, gladness, a source of joy. 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