And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
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Gill's Exposition
Then he said unto them,.... That is, Jesus said unto them, as the Syriac and Persic versions read:
O fools; not in a natural sense, as if they were destitute of the common understanding of men; nor…
Certain women - See Mat 28:1-7; Joh 20:12. A vision of angels - An appearance of angels, or they had seen angels. See Joh 20:12.
This appearance of Christ to the two disciples going to Emmaus was mentioned, and but just mentioned, before (Mar 16:12); here it is largely related. It happened the same day that Christ rose, the…
Cambridge Bible
which said Rather, which say. This mention of a sort of double hearsay (-women sayingof angels who say")shews the extreme hesitation which appears throughout the narrative.