Luk 24:5-7 | JFB | STEP | (See on ; and ). 5. Why, &c.-- Astonishing question! not "the risen," but "the Living One" (compare ); and the surprise expressed in it implies an incongruity in His being there at all, as if, though He might submit to it, "it was impossible He should be holden of it" ( ).

‏ Luke 24:5-7

CHAPTER 24 Lu 24:1-12. Angelic Announcement to the Women That Christ Is Risen--Peter's Visit to the Empty Sepulchre.

5. Why, &c.--Astonishing question! not "the risen," but "the Living One" (compare Re 1:18); and the surprise expressed in it implies an incongruity in His being there at all, as if, though He might submit to it, "it was impossible He should be holden of it" (Ac 2:24).

6. in Galilee--to which these women themselves belonged (Lu 23:55).

7. Saying, &c.--How remarkable it is to hear angels quoting a whole sentence of Christ's to the disciples, mentioning where it was uttered, and wondering it was not fresh in their memory, as doubtless it was in theirs! (1Ti 3:16, "seen of angels," and 1Pe 1:12).