“ Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, ”
Opened he their understanding - Enabled them fully to comprehend the meaning of the prophecies which foretold his death and resurrection. They had seen him die, they now saw him risen. Their prej...
The Last Words and the Ascension. Jesus reminds His disciples how He had told them that Scripture predictions about Him must be fulfilled. He goes over the ground again (with Luke 24:45 cf. Lu...
opened, &c. For this important truth, see Matthew 11:27 ; Matthew 13:11 ; Matthew 16:17 ; John 16:13 . Acts 16:14 ; 1 Corinthians 2:14 . Compare Psalms 119:18 .
45. Then he opened their understanding. As the Lord had formerly discharged the office of Teacher, with little or no improvement on the part of the disciples, he now begins to teach them inw...
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Then opened he their understanding - Διηνοιξεν, He fully opened. They had a measure of light before, so that they discer...
Then opened he their understanding,— That is, he strengthened and enlarged their understandings, so as to make them comprehend the meaning of the inspired writings; several passages of which he now...
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. A statement of unspeakable value:...
The Resurrection and the Ascension 1-11. Two angels appear to the women at the sepulchre ( Matthew 28:1-8 ; Mark 16:1-8 : cp. John 20:1-2 ). See on Mt and Jn.
Then opened he their understanding. — Assuming, as we must assume, that this was the same meeting of the Lord with His disciples as that reported in John 20:22 , we have here that which correspond...
Chapter 26 THE FIRST LORD'S DAY. THE Sabbath came and went over the grave of its Lord, and silence reigned in Joseph's garden, broken only by the mailed sentinels, who laughed and chatted by, the...
“Witnesses of These Things” Luke 24:44-53 The risen Savior is the key to Scripture. The pages of Holy Writ need the illumination that falls from His face. Whenever you open the Old Testament, d...
No human eye saw the resurrection. The women came early, but only to find the stone rolled away. The record of those earliest experiences is full of touching beauty. Luke alone gives us the story of...
"And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in th...
Then opened he their understanding ,.... He not only opened their hearts, to attend to what he said, and the proofs he gave of his resurrection from the dead in a true body; but he removed the veil...
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Ver. 45. Then opened he their understanding ] He enlightened both organ and object, as Acts 16:14 .
And he said to them Not, as appears, on the day of his resurrection, but on that of his ascension. These are the words which I spake to you In private, frequently; while I was yet with you Dwel...
HE IS NOT HERE. BUT RISEN (vs.1-12) Though these dear women came to the grave very early in the morning the first day of the week, they were too late. Mary of Bethany had anointed the Lord Jesus...
Christ's Interview with the Apostles. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Pea...
He did not open their understanding without the Scriptures, he sends them thither; and he knew the Scriptures would not sufficiently give them a knowledge of him, and the things of God, without the i...
The New Message And The New Power (24:44-51) In Mark 1:15 the Gospel is summarised as, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingly Rule of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Good News.' In oth...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 24:44 . These are the words .— I.e. , “this is the meaning of the words.” Probably in Luke 24:44-49 St. Luke gives a summary of Christ’s discourses during the time between...
Luke 24:1-4 . Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found...
Luke 24:21 . To-day is the third day. Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19 . See also Genesis 22:4 ; Genesis 42:18...
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them The first appearance of the risen Lord to the eleven I. THE CERTAINTY OF OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION. No fact in history is better attested. 1. Observe,...
EXPOSITION Luke 24:1-42 THE RESURRECTION . All the four evangelists give an account of the Resurrection. None of the four, however, attempt to give a history of it simply from a hum...
Further proof of the Risen Savior's reality:
2 Corinthians 3:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; Acts 16:14 ; Acts 26:18 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; Exodus 4:11 ; Isaiah 29:10-12 ; Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 29:19 ; Job 33:16 ; Psalms 119:18 ; Revelati...
Christ's Missionary Command as Seen in the Early Church Matthew 28:18-20 ; Mark 16:15-20 ; Luke 24:45-49 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As the time came for the Lord to leave, and to return to His F...
Then opened he their understanding, to understand the Scriptures — He had explained them before to the two as they went to Emmaus. But still they Understood them not, till he took off the veil from...