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John 20:10

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What does John 20:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So the disciples went away again unto their own home.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So the disciples went away again unto their own home.
John 20:10 — American Standard Version

Context — John 20

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
8Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed.
9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
10So the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11But Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
12and she beholdeth two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then the disciples, etc.] Peter and John, after they had seen and examined things, and satisfied themselves as much as they could: went away again unto their own home; or “to themselves”, as in the original text, and so the Vulgate Latin reads it; not that the meaning is, that they had been out of their minds, and proper exercise of them, and now came to themselves; but they returned to their own company, to the rest of the disciples they left at home, who were as themselves. The Syriac renders it, ˆwhtkwdl, “to their own place”, and so the Arabic and Persic versions; the place from whence they came, and where the rest were assembled together, to pray, converse, and consult together, what…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0. John 20:9 The scripture - See Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example, Psalms 2:7, compare Acts 13:33; Psalms 16:9-10, compare Acts 2:25-32; Psalms 110:1, compare Acts 2:34-35. For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“They went home - Not seeing what they could do farther. John 20:11”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“went: Joh 7:53, Joh 16:32 John 20:12”
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