Bible verse
He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
Luke 24:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 24.
13 That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
15 And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.
16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
19 “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
20 Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
21 But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
KJV
And he said unto them, What manner of communications [are] these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
ASV
And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
ERV
And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
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