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Luke 24:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And he said unto them,.... That is, "Jesus", as the Persic version, or "our Lord", as the Ethiopic version, expresses it:what manner of communications are these, that ye have one to another, as ye walk?

what is the subject of your discourse; what is it your conversation one with another turns upon in your journey?and are sad? what melancholy story are you telling to one another, which causes such sadness of countenance, and dejection of mind?

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