Luke 24 — Clausal Layout (Greek)

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The empty tomb — why seek the living among the dead? 24:1–8

vv. 1–3 — dawn of the first day: the stone moved, the body gone

Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέως ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθονindependent — the women of 23:55–56 resume — ὄρθρου βαθέως, the piled time-markers of day one

φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα.participial — internally-headed relative (ἃ … ἀρώματα) — the spices of 23:56; they expect a corpse

εὗρον δὲ τὸν λίθον ἀποκεκυλισμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου,independent — perfect participle as object complement — found already rolled back; a divine passive

εἰσελθοῦσαι δὲparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on εὗρον

οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.independent — 'of the Lord Jesus' — the first of the chapter's disputed Western non-interpolations, printed here

vv. 4–8 — the two men in dazzling clothes: remember how he told you

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτουphrase modifier — Septuagintal ἐγένετο frame with ἐν τῷ + infinitive — forward-leaning on the apparition below

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ.independent — apodotic καί + ἰδού — ἀστραπτούσῃ, lightning-bright (cf. 9:29); Luke's pair of witnesses (Deut 19:15; Acts 1:10)

ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶνparticipial — genitive absolute — forward-leaning on εἶπαν

καὶ κλινουσῶν τὰ πρόσωπα εἰς τὴν γῆνparticipial — coordinate genitive absolute — the posture before the heavenly

εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτάς·independent — speech-frame for the Easter announcement

τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν;content — the rebuking question — τὸν ζῶντα, 'the living one,' as his new title

οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε,content — the empty tomb stated — with the next clause a disputed non-interpolation, printed here

ἀλλὰ ἠγέρθη.content — the proclamation — one word, a divine passive: God raised him

μνήσθητεcontent — the hinge of the scene — Easter faith begins as remembering Jesus' own words

ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖνcontent — indirect question — the women were among the hearers in Galilee (8:1–3)

ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳparticipial — temporal participle — pointing back to 9:22, 44; Luke keeps the appearances in Jerusalem, not Galilee

λέγωνparticipial — pleonastic participle of speech — introducing the recalled prediction

τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὅτι δεῖ παραδοθῆναι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτωλῶνcontent — proleptic accusative before ὅτι — δεῖ, the divine necessity of 9:22

καὶ σταυρωθῆναιcontent — second infinitive under δεῖ — the cross named plainly

καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι.content — the third-day promise — now the very day they are standing in

καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ.independent — the command obeyed — memory itself becomes the first Easter evidence

The report disbelieved — and Peter's run 24:9–12

vv. 9–11 — the report to the Eleven: an idle tale

καὶ ὑποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείουparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on ἀπήγγειλαν; ὑποστρέφω, Luke's favorite verb of return

ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς λοιποῖς.independent — the women as first messengers — unlike Mark 16:8, in Luke they speak

ἦσαν δὲ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ Ἰωάννα καὶ Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς.independent — the witnesses named at last — Joanna is Luke's own (8:3)

ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ταῦτα,independent — iterative imperfect — the telling repeated, and repeatedly refused

καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα,independent — λῆρος, 'idle tale' — a NT hapax; women's testimony discounted by the men

καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς.independent — durative imperfect — the apostles the last to believe

v. 12 — Peter's run: the linen cloths alone

Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἀναστὰς ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖονindependent — the whole verse a disputed non-interpolation (absent from D), printed here — hope's run against unbelief (cf. John 20:3–6)

καὶ παρακύψαςparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on βλέπει

βλέπει τὰ ὀθόνια μόνα,independent — historic present — μόνα: the wrappings without a body, evidence not yet faith

καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πρὸς ἑαυτὸνindependent — πρὸς ἑαυτόν — idiomatic 'to his own home' (or, less likely, 'wondering within himself' with θαυμάζων)

θαυμάζων τὸ γεγονός.participial — wonder, not yet faith — the state the Emmaus scene will resolve

The Emmaus road — the stranger, and the recital of lost hope 24:13–24

vv. 13–16 — two on the road: eyes held

Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἦσαν πορευόμενοι εἰς κώμηνindependent — periphrastic imperfect — the journey under way; ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, Easter day continues

ἀπέχουσαν σταδίους ἑξήκοντα ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλήμ,participial — attributive participle — about seven miles

ᾗ ὄνομα Ἐμμαοῦς,relative — verbless relative of possession — the site disputed since antiquity

καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡμίλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ πάντων τῶν συμβεβηκότων τούτων.independent — durative imperfect — the passion rehearsed as they walk

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ συζητεῖνphrase modifier — the second ἐγένετο frame with ἐν τῷ + infinitive — forward-leaning on the approach below

καὶ αὐτὸς Ἰησοῦς ἐγγίσας συνεπορεύετο αὐτοῖς,independent — apodotic καί; αὐτὸς Ἰησοῦς — the risen one joins his own story incognito

οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν ἐκρατοῦντοindependent — divine passive imperfect — the non-recognition is God's doing, not disguise alone

τοῦ μὴ ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτόν.purpose — τοῦ μή + infinitive of result/purpose — recognition withheld until v. 31

vv. 17–18 — the question that stops them on the road

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — speech-frame — the stranger opens the exchange

τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοιcontent — verbless question

οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλουςrelative — ἀντιβάλλω — words thrown back and forth; a NT hapax

περιπατοῦντες;participial — concurrent participle — the debate on the move

καὶ ἐστάθησαν σκυθρωποί.independent — ingressive aorist — stopped in their tracks; σκυθρωποί, gloom written on the face

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἷς ὀνόματι Κλεοπᾶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — Cleopas, the only named Emmaus disciple — his companion left anonymous

σὺ μόνος παροικεῖς Ἰερουσαλὴμcontent — dramatic irony — the one asked is the only one who truly knows

καὶ οὐκ ἔγνως τὰ γενόμενα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις;content — τὰ γενόμενα — the passion as public event, 'not done in a corner' (Acts 26:26)

vv. 19–24 — ποῖα; Cleopas' recital: prophet, cross, dashed hope, strange reports

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the stranger draws the story out of them

ποῖα;content — one-word question — the risen Lord invites his own passion narrative

οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — speech-frame — everything through v. 24 hangs beneath this εἶπαν

τὰ περὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζαρηνοῦ,content — elliptical answer echoing the question

ὃς ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ προφήτης δυνατὸς ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ,relative — the recital's christology stops at 'prophet' (cf. 7:16; Acts 2:22) — true, but not yet enough

ὅπως τε παρέδωκαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν εἰς κρίμα θανάτουcontent — ὅπως τε — the indirect 'how,' coordinate with τὰ περί; the blame laid on Israel's leaders, not Rome

καὶ ἐσταύρωσαν αὐτόν.content — still inside the ὅπως report — the bare fact of the cross

ἡμεῖς δὲ ἠλπίζομενcontent — emphatic ἡμεῖς with the imperfect — hope in the past tense, the saddest clause in the chapter

ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ·content — λυτροῦσθαι — the redemption of 1:68; 2:38, understood nationally

ἀλλά γε καὶ σὺν πᾶσιν τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν ἄγειcontent — ἀλλά γε καί — piled concession; 'the third day' spoken without hearing its promise (v. 7)

ἀφ' οὗ ταῦτα ἐγένετο.relative — ἀφ' οὗ — temporal relative on τρίτην ἡμέραν

ἀλλὰ καὶ γυναῖκές τινες ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξέστησαν ἡμᾶς,content — the first ἀλλὰ καί report — vv. 1–11 retold from inside the bewilderment

γενόμεναι ὀρθριναὶ ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον,participial — the dawn errand of v. 1

καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦparticipial — preposed circumstantial with μή — leans on ἦλθον

ἦλθονcontent — back on the recital's main line

λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι,participial — ascensive καί; ὀπτασία — the report already softened to 'a vision'

οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν.relative — vivid present λέγουσιν — ζῆν, the one word the recital cannot yet believe

καὶ ἀπῆλθόν τινες τῶν σὺν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖονcontent — the second report — Peter's run (v. 12) generalized to 'some'

καὶ εὗρον οὕτωςcontent — the women's word confirmed point for point

καθὼς καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες εἶπον,comparative — καθὼς καί — grudging vindication of the discounted witnesses

αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ εἶδον.content — fronted αὐτόν — the recital ends on the absence: everything known, nothing yet understood

The Scriptures opened, the bread broken — the recognition 24:25–35

vv. 25–27 — Ὦ ἀνόητοι: the suffering-then-glory key, Moses to all the prophets

καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — αὐτός — the subject shifts back to the stranger; the rebuke begins

ὦ ἀνόητοι καὶ βραδεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳcontent — verbless vocative rebuke — not of the facts they know but of the Scriptures they skipped

τοῦ πιστεύειν ἐπὶ πᾶσινcontent — epexegetic τοῦ + infinitive — slow precisely for believing

οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται·relative — relative attracted to its antecedent (οἷς for ἅ, on πᾶσιν)

οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν χριστὸνcontent — οὐχί expects 'yes' — ἔδει, the divine necessity; the chapter's hermeneutical center

καὶ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ;content — the suffering-then-glory pattern — messiahship redefined through the cross

καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν προφητῶνparticipial — preposed participle — leans on διερμήνευσεν; the whole canon opened

διερμήνευσεν αὐτοῖς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γραφαῖς τὰ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ.independent — διερμήνευσεν — the risen Lord as exegete; τὰ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ answers τὰ περὶ Ἰησοῦ (v. 19)

vv. 28–32 — μεῖνον μεθ' ἡμῶν: known in the breaking of the bread

Καὶ ἤγγισαν εἰς τὴν κώμηνindependent — arrival at Emmaus

οὗ ἐπορεύοντο,relative — relative adverb οὗ

καὶ αὐτὸς προσεποιήσατοindependent — προσποιέομαι, a NT hapax — the feint that invites the invitation

πορρώτερον πορεύεσθαι.content — complementary infinitive

καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸνindependent — παραβιάζομαι — constraining hospitality (cf. Gen 19:3; Acts 16:15)

λέγοντες·participial — participle of speech

μεῖνον μεθ' ἡμῶν,content — the Emmaus plea — the guest about to become host

ὅτι πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστὶνcause — the grounds — the day's end

καὶ κέκλικεν ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα.cause — perfect κέκλικεν — the light already gone over

καὶ εἰσῆλθενindependent — the consent

τοῦ μεῖναι σὺν αὐτοῖς.purpose — τοῦ + infinitive of purpose

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι αὐτὸν μετ' αὐτῶνphrase modifier — the third ἐγένετο frame with ἐν τῷ + infinitive — forward-leaning on the meal's four verbs

λαβὼν τὸν ἄρτονparticipial — the first of the four Supper actions (22:19) — took; leans on εὐλόγησεν

εὐλόγησενindependent — — blessed: the guest presides

καὶ κλάσαςparticipial — — broke; leans on ἐπεδίδου

ἐπεδίδου αὐτοῖς,independent — — gave: imperfect; the gesture of 22:19 returns, and with it the recognition

αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶindependent — divine passive answering v. 16 — the same God who held the eyes opens them

καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν·independent — ἐπέγνωσαν — the very recognition v. 16 forbade

καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ' αὐτῶν.independent — ἄφαντος, a NT hapax — recognized and gone in the same instant

καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους·independent — speech-frame

οὐχὶ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καιομένη ἦν [ἐν ἡμῖν]content — periphrastic imperfect — the burning heart; [ἐν ἡμῖν] bracketed in the text

ὡς ἐλάλει ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ,comparative — temporal ὡς — the burning timed to the word

ὡς διήνοιγεν ἡμῖν τὰς γραφάς;comparative — διήνοιγεν — the same verb as the eyes (v. 31) and the mind (v. 45)

vv. 33–35 — back to Jerusalem that same hour: ὄντως ἠγέρθη

καὶ ἀναστάντες αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳparticipial — preposed participle — no waiting for morning; leans on ὑπέστρεψαν

ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμindependent — the seven miles retraced in the dark — witness cannot wait

καὶ εὗρον ἠθροισμένους τοὺς ἕνδεκα καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὐτοῖς,independent — perfect ἠθροισμένους — the community already assembled

λέγοντας ὅτιparticipial — the gathered are already speaking — recitative ὅτι

ὄντως ἠγέρθη ὁ κύριοςcontent — ὄντως — the community's own Easter creed (cf. 1 Cor 15:4–5)

καὶ ὤφθη Σίμωνι.content — the unnarrated appearance to Peter — the denier restored first

καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξηγοῦντο τὰ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷindependent — ἐξηγοῦντο — the Emmaus pair add their testimony

καὶ ὡς ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου.content — indirect ὡς — ἡ κλάσις τοῦ ἄρτου, the phrase Acts will make liturgical (Acts 2:42)

Peace to you — flesh and bones, and broiled fish 24:36–43

vv. 36–40 — εἰρήνη ὑμῖν: hands, feet, flesh and bones

Ταῦτα δὲ αὐτῶν λαλούντωνparticipial — genitive absolute — forward-leaning; the appearance interrupts the testimony

αὐτὸς ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶνindependent — ingressive ἔστη — no door named (cf. John 20:19)

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς·independent — historic present — with the greeting, a disputed non-interpolation, printed here

εἰρήνη ὑμῖν.content — verbless shalom-greeting — peace to the very ones who fled

πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοιparticipial — double preposed participle — leans on ἐδόκουν

ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν.independent — πνεῦμα — a ghost: the wrong explanation the next verses dismantle

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — speech-frame

τί τεταραγμένοι ἐστὲcontent — periphrastic perfect — settled agitation

καὶ διὰ τί διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν;content — διαλογισμοί — the inner debates Luke's Jesus always reads (5:22; 9:47)

ἴδετε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μουcontent — the wounds as identification — the crucified one is the risen one

ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτός·content — ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτός — the same person, not a phantom double

ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ ἴδετε,content — ψηλαφάω, handle — faith invited through the fingers (cf. 1 John 1:1)

ὅτι πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχειcause — the anti-docetic axiom — σὰρξ καὶ ὀστέα, the bodily resurrection stated flat

καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα.comparative — supplementary participle with the verb of perception

καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼνparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἔδειξεν

ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας.independent — v. 40 a disputed non-interpolation, printed here — the demonstration enacted (cf. John 20:20)

vv. 41–43 — disbelieving for joy: the broiled fish

ἔτι δὲ ἀπιστούντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ θαυμαζόντωνparticipial — genitive absolute — Luke's finest psychology: joy itself blocking belief

εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — speech-frame

ἔχετέ τι βρώσιμον ἐνθάδε;content — βρώσιμον, a NT hapax — the homeliest question in the resurrection narratives

οἱ δὲ ἐπέδωκαν αὐτῷ ἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ μέρος·independent — ὀπτός, a NT hapax — the concrete menu of proof

καὶ λαβὼνparticipial — leans on ἔφαγεν

ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἔφαγεν.independent — ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν — eating as public, checkable demonstration (Acts 10:41)

Everything written must be fulfilled — the commission and the promise 24:44–49

vv. 44–45 — the threefold canon; the mind opened

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — the closing instruction begins

οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι μουcontent — verbless — the ministry's own teaching invoked

οὓς ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶςrelative — the predictions of 9:22, 44; 18:31–33

ἔτι ὢν σὺν ὑμῖν,participial — ἔτι ὤν — the earthly ministry now spoken of as past

ὅτι δεῖ πληρωθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωϋσέως καὶ τοῖς προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς περὶ ἐμοῦ.content — epexegetic ὅτι on οἱ λόγοι — δεῖ once more; the threefold canon, Psalms heading the Writings

τότε διήνοιξεν αὐτῶν τὸν νοῦνindependent — διήνοιξεν — the third opening: eyes (v. 31), Scriptures (v. 32), now the mind

τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς γραφάς·purpose — τοῦ + infinitive of purpose — comprehension is gift

vv. 46–49 — thus it is written: suffering, rising, mission — and the promise of the Father

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτιindependent — speech-frame with recitative ὅτι

οὕτως γέγραπταιcontent — the citation formula with no single verse behind it — the whole canon compressed

παθεῖν τὸν χριστὸνcontent — the first of three infinitives of the written δεῖ

καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ,content — the kerygma's second clause (cf. 1 Cor 15:3–4)

καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη —content — the third infinitive: the mission itself is Scripture fulfilled — the program of Acts

ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλήμ.participial — anacoluthic nominative (for the expected accusative) — the preachers surface in the syntax; Acts 1:8 in embryo

ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες τούτων.content — verbless — μάρτυρες, Luke's office-word for the apostles (Acts 1:8, 22)

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου ἐφ' ὑμᾶς·content — futuristic present — the Spirit as 'the promise of the Father' (Acts 1:4; 2:33)

ὑμεῖς δὲ καθίσατε ἐν τῇ πόλειcontent — emphatic ὑμεῖς — wait before witness

ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσησθε ἐξ ὕψους δύναμιν.relative — ἕως οὗ + aorist subjunctive — temporal; ἐνδύσησθε, power as a garment put on (Pentecost)

The ascension — and the return with great joy 24:50–53

vv. 50–51 — at Bethany: blessing them, he was carried up

Ἐξήγαγεν δὲ αὐτοὺς [ἔξω] ἕως πρὸς Βηθανίαν,independent — the last walk — Bethany on Olivet's eastern slope (cf. Acts 1:12); [ἔξω] bracketed in the text

καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦparticipial — preposed participle — the priestly gesture (Lev 9:22; Sir 50:20); leans on εὐλόγησεν

εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς.independent — the blessing Zechariah could not give (1:22), the Gospel's true priest gives

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺςphrase modifier — the last ἐγένετο frame with ἐν τῷ + infinitive — he departs mid-blessing

διέστη ἀπ' αὐτῶνindependent — διέστη — the separation stated first

καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.independent — imperfect ἀνεφέρετο — watched as it happens; a disputed non-interpolation, printed here (cf. Acts 1:9–11)

vv. 52–53 — with great joy: the Gospel ends in the temple, blessing God

καὶ αὐτοὶ προσκυνήσαντες αὐτὸνparticipial — προσκυνήσαντες — worship offered to Jesus, a disputed non-interpolation, printed here; leans on ὑπέστρεψαν

ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάληςindependent — joy where grief was — the command of v. 49 obeyed

καὶ ἦσαν διὰ παντὸς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ εὐλογοῦντες τὸν θεόν.independent — periphrastic imperfect — the Gospel ends where it began (1:8–9), in the temple; εὐλογοῦντες: the blessed become blessers

Analysis. Luke 24 is one day long — dawn at the tomb to night blessing in the temple — and the layout shows Luke's two signature rhythms carrying it. First, the narrative drumbeat: coordinate purple main clauses flush left (they came, found, did not find, remembered, reported, ran, returned, found, recognized), with preposed participles and genitive absolutes leaning forward, anchor-less, on the verb below (εἰσελθοῦσαι, ἐμφόβων γενομένων, ὑποστρέψασαι, ἀναστάντες, πτοηθέντες, προσκυνήσαντες) and the historic presents (βλέπει, λέγει) flagged as they land. Second, and peculiar to this chapter's Septuagintal music, the ἐγένετο frames with ἐν τῷ + infinitive — ἐν τῷ ἀπορεῖσθαι (v. 4), ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν (v. 15), ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι (v. 30), ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν (v. 51) — each set as a forward-leaning temporal line over the event it stages: the two men appear while the women are perplexed, Jesus draws near while the pair talk, the recognition comes as he reclines, the parting comes mid-blessing. All speech hangs blue beneath its verb of saying, and the chapter's centerpiece is the longest such block: Cleopas' recital (vv. 19b–24), a single extended answer under one εἶπαν — prophet mighty in deed and word, the handing over and cross, the imperfect ἠλπίζομεν ('we were hoping'), the third day named without its promise heard, then the two ἀλλὰ καί reports of the women and the tomb-visitors, ending on the fronted absence αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ εἶδον. The layout takes the Ὦ ἀνόητοι reply as the chapter's hermeneutical center — the οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἔδει question makes suffering-then-glory the pattern δεῖ writes across Law, Prophets, and Psalms (vv. 26, 44, 46) — and it tracks the διανοίγω chain the chapter builds: eyes opened (v. 31), Scriptures opened (v. 32), mind opened (v. 45), each a divine passive or divine act answering the divine holding of the eyes in v. 16. Text-critically the chapter carries the famous cluster of 'Western non-interpolations' — τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ (v. 3), οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλὰ ἠγέρθη (v. 6), Peter's run (v. 12), the εἰρήνη ὑμῖν greeting (v. 36), the showing of hands and feet (v. 40), καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν (v. 51), προσκυνήσαντες αὐτόν (v. 52) — all printed here with the modern critical text, each flagged in its tag. The Gospel ends as it began, in the temple (1:8–9), with εὐλογοῦντες τὸν θεόν: the blessed have become blessers.