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Luke 24

Introduction

1  Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre.
9  These report it to others.
13  Christ himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;
36  afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;
47  gives them a charge;
49  promises the Holy Ghost;
50  and so ascends into heaven.
Verse 1

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
upon
Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1,2, John 20:1,2
they came
10, 8:2,3, 23:55,56, Matthew 27:55,56, Mark 15:40
Verses 1-12

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
upon
Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1,2, John 20:1,2
they came
10, 8:2,3, 23:55,56, Matthew 27:55,56, Mark 15:40
Verse 2

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Matthew 27:60-66, 28:2, Mark 15:46,47, 16:3,4, John 20:1,2
Verse 3

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
23, Matthew 16:5, John 20:6,7
Verse 4

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
two men
Genesis 18:2, Matthew 28:2-6, Mark 16:5, John 20:11,12, Acts 1:10, note:
Verse 5

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
they
1:12,13,29, Daniel 8:17,18, 10:7-12,16,19, Matthew 28:3-5, Mark 16:5,6, Acts 10:3,4
the living
or, him that liveth.
Hebrews 7:8, Revelation 1:18, 2:8
Verse 6

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
remember
44-46, 9:22, 18:31-33, Matthew 12:40, 16:21, 17:22,23, 20:18,19, 27:63, Matthew 28:6, Mark 8:31, 9:9,10,31,32, 10:33,34
Verse 8

And they remembered his words,
John 2:19-22, 12:16, 14:26
Verse 9

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
22-24, Matthew 28:7,8, Mark 16:7,8,10
Verse 10

It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
8:2,3, Mark 15:40,41, 16:9-11, John 20:11-18
Verse 11

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
idle
25, Genesis 19:14, 2 Kings 7:2, Job 9:16, Psalms 126:1, Acts 12:9
Verse 12

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
John 20:3-10
Verse 13

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
two
18, Mark 16:12,13
Emmaus
Emmaus was situated, according to the testimony both of Luke and Josephus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, that is, about seven miles and a half. It has generally been confounded with Emmaus, a city of Judah, afterwards called Nicopolis; but Reland has satisfactorily shown that they were distinct places; the latter, according to the old Itinerary of Palestine, being situated 10 miles from Lydda, and 22 miles from Jerusalem. D'Arvieux states, that going from Jerusalem to Rama, he took the right from the high road to Rama, at some little distance from Jerusalem, and "travelled a good league over rocks and flint stones, to the end of the valley of terebinthine trees," until he reached Emmaus; which "seems, by the ruins which surround it, to have been formerly larger that it was in our Saviour's time. The Christians, while masters of the Holy Land, re-established it a little, and built several churches. Emmaus was not worth the trouble of having come out of the way to see it."
Verses 13-35

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
two
18, Mark 16:12,13
Emmaus
Emmaus was situated, according to the testimony both of Luke and Josephus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, that is, about seven miles and a half. It has generally been confounded with Emmaus, a city of Judah, afterwards called Nicopolis; but Reland has satisfactorily shown that they were distinct places; the latter, according to the old Itinerary of Palestine, being situated 10 miles from Lydda, and 22 miles from Jerusalem. D'Arvieux states, that going from Jerusalem to Rama, he took the right from the high road to Rama, at some little distance from Jerusalem, and "travelled a good league over rocks and flint stones, to the end of the valley of terebinthine trees," until he reached Emmaus; which "seems, by the ruins which surround it, to have been formerly larger that it was in our Saviour's time. The Christians, while masters of the Holy Land, re-established it a little, and built several churches. Emmaus was not worth the trouble of having come out of the way to see it."
Verse 14

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
6:45, Deuteronomy 6:7, Malachi 3:6
Verse 15

And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Jesus
36, Matthew 18:20, John 14:18,19
Verse 16

But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
31, 2 Kings 6:18-20, Mark 16:12, John 20:14, 21:4
Verse 17

And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
and are
Ezekiel 9:4-6, John 16:6,20-22
Verse 18

And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Cleopas
John 19:25
Verse 19

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Concerning
7:16, Matthew 21:11, John 3:2, 4:19, 6:14, 7:40-42,52, Acts 2:22, 10:38
mighty
Acts 7:22
Verse 20

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
22:66-71, 23:1-5, Matthew 27:1,2,20, Mark 15:1, Acts 3:13-15, 4:8-10, Acts 4:27,28, 5:30,31, 13:27-29
Verse 21

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
1:68, 2:38, Psalms 130:8, Isaiah 59:20, Acts 1:6, 1 Peter 1:18,19, Revelation 5:9
Verse 22

Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
9-11, Matthew 28:7,8, Mark 16:9,10, John 20:1,2,18
Verse 24

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
went
12, John 20:1-10
Verse 25

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
O fools
Rather, inconsiderate men, [anoetos] justly termed such, because they had not attended to the description of the Messiah by the prophets, nor to His teaching and miracles, as proofs that He alone was the person described.
Mark 7:18, 8:17,18, 9:19, 16:14, Hebrews 5:11,12
Verse 26

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
46, Psalms 22:1-31, 69:1-36, Isaiah 53:1-12, Zechariah 13:7, Acts 17:3, 1 Corinthians 15:3,4, Hebrews 2:8-10, 9:22,23, 1 Peter 1:3,11
Verse 27

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
beginning
44, Genesis 3:15, 22:18, 26:4, 49:10, Numbers 21:6-9, Deuteronomy 18:15, John 5:39,45-47, Acts 3:22, 7:37
and all
25, Psalms 16:9,10, 132:11, Isaiah 7:14, 9:6,7, 40:10,11, 50:6, 52:13,14, Isaiah 53:1-12, Jeremiah 23:5,6, 33:14,15, Ezekiel 34:23, 37:25, Daniel 9:24-26, Micah 5:2-4, 7:20, Zechariah 9:9, 13:7, Malachi 3:1-3, 4:2, John 1:45, Acts 3:24, Acts 10:43, 13:27-30, Revelation 19:10
Verse 28

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
he made
That is, he was directing his steps as if to go onwards; and so he doubtless would, had he not been withheld by their friendly importunities. There is not the smallest ground for founding a charge of dissimulation against our Saviour, or affording any encouragement to dissimulation in others.
Genesis 19:2, 32:26, 42:7, Mark 6:48
Verse 29

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
14:23, Genesis 19:3, 2 Kings 4:8, Acts 16:14
Verse 30

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
he took
35, 9:16, 22:19, Matthew 14:19, 15:36, 26:26, Mark 6:41, 8:6, 14:22, John 6:11, Acts 27:35
Verse 31

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
their eyes
16, John 20:13-16
vanished out of their sight
or, ceased to be seen of them.
4:30, John 8:59
Verse 32

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Did
Psalms 39:3, 104:34, Proverbs 27:9,17, Isaiah 50:4, Jeremiah 15:16, 20:9, 23:29, John 6:63, Hebrews 4:12
opened
45, Acts 17:2,3, 28:23
Verse 33

And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
and found
John 20:19-26
Verse 34

Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Saying
From Mr 16:13, we learn that the apostles did not believe the testimony even of the two disciples from Emmaus, while it is here asserted they were saying, when they entered the room, "The Lord is risen" etc. This difficulty is removed by rendering interrogatively, "Has the Lord risen," etc?
hath
22:54-62, Mark 16:7, 1 Corinthians 15:5
Verse 35

And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
Mark 16:12,13
Verse 36

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Jesus
Mark 16:14, John 20:19-23, 1 Corinthians 15:5
Peace
10:5, Isaiah 57:18, Matthew 10:13, John 14:27, 16:33, 20:26, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, Revelation 1:4
Verses 36-43

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Jesus
Mark 16:14, John 20:19-23, 1 Corinthians 15:5
Peace
10:5, Isaiah 57:18, Matthew 10:13, John 14:27, 16:33, 20:26, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, Revelation 1:4
Verse 37

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
16:30, 1 Samuel 28:13, Job 4:14-16, Matthew 14:26,27, Mark 6:49,50, Acts 12:15
Verse 38

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
and why
Jeremiah 4:14, Daniel 4:5,19, Matthew 16:8, Hebrews 4:13
Verse 39

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
my hands
John 20:20,25,27, Acts 1:3, 1 John 1:1
for
23:46, Numbers 16:22, Ecclesiastes 12:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 12:9
Verse 41

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
believe
Genesis 45:26-28, Job 9:16, Psalms 126:1,2, John 16:22
Have
John 21:5,10-13
Verse 43

And he took it, and did eat before them.
Acts 10:41
Verse 44

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 the psalms, concerning me.
These
6,7, 9:22, 18:31-33, Matthew 16:21, 17:22,23, 20:18,19, Mark 8:31,32, 9:31, Mark 10:33,34
while
John 16:4,5,16,17, 17:11-13
that all
26,27,46, 21:22, Matthew 26:54,56, John 19:24-37, Acts 3:18, 13:29-31,33, 1 Corinthians 15:3,4
in the law
Genesis 3:15, 14:18, 22:18, 49:10, Leviticus 16:2-19, Numbers 21:8, 35:25, Deuteronomy 18:15-19, John 3:14, 5:46, Acts 3:22-24, 7:37, Hebrews 3:5, 7:1, 9:8, 10:1
in the prophets
27, Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, 11:1-10, 28:16, 40:1-11, 42:1-4, 49:1-8, 50:2-6, Isaiah 52:13-15, 53:1-12, 61:1-3, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:14, Ezekiel 17:22, 34:23, Daniel 2:44, 7:13, 9:24-27, Hosea 1:7-11, 3:5, Joel 2:28-32, Amos 9:11, Micah 5:1-4, Haggai 2:7-9, Zechariah 6:12, 9:9, 11:8-13, 12:10, 13:7, 14:4, Malachi 3:1-3, 4:2-6
in the psalms
Psalms 2:1-12, 16:9-11, 22:1-31, 40:6-8, 69:1-36, 72:1-20, 88:1-18, Psalms 109:4-20, 110:1-7, 118:22, John 5:39, Acts 17:2,3, 1 Peter 1:11, Revelation 19:10
Verse 45

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Exodus 4:11, Job 33:16, Psalms 119:18, Isaiah 29:10-12,18,19, Acts 16:14, 26:18, 2 Corinthians 3:14-18, 4:4-6, Ephesians 5:14, Revelation 3:7
Verse 46

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
26,27,44, Psalms 22:1-31, Isaiah 50:6, 53:2-12, Acts 4:12, 17:3, 1 Peter 1:3
Verse 47

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
that
Daniel 9:24, Matthew 3:2, 9:13, Acts 2:38, 3:19, 5:31, 11:18, 13:38,39,46, Acts 17:30,31, 20:21, 26:20, 1 John 2:12
among
Genesis 12:3, Psalms 22:27, 67:2-4,7, 86:9, 98:1-3, 117:1-2, Isaiah 2:1-3, 11:10, Isaiah 49:6,22, 52:10,15, 60:1-3, 66:18-21, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 2:23, Micah 4:2, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 8:10,11, Acts 10:46-48, 18:5,6, 28:28, Romans 10:12-18, Romans 15:8-16, Ephesians 3:8, Colossians 1:27
beginning
13:34, Isaiah 5:4, Hosea 11:8, Matthew 10:5,6, Acts 3:25,26, 13:46, Romans 5:20, Romans 11:26,27, Ephesians 1:6
Verse 48

And ye are witnesses of these things.
John 15:27, Acts 1:8,22, 2:32, 3:15, 4:33, 5:32, 10:39,41, 13:31, 22:15, Hebrews 2:3,4, 1 John 1:2,3
Verse 49

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
I send
Isaiah 44:3,4, 59:20,21, Joel 2:28-32, John 14:16,17,26, 15:26, 16:7-16
but
Isaiah 32:15, Acts 1:4,8, 2:1-21
Verse 50

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
as far
Mark 11:1, Acts 1:12
he lifted
Genesis 14:18-20, 27:4, 48:9, 49:28, Numbers 6:23-27, Mark 10:16, Hebrews 7:5-7
Verse 51

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
he was
2 Kings 2:11, Mark 16:19, John 20:17, Acts 1:9, Ephesians 4:8-10, Hebrews 1:3, 4:14
Verse 52

And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
they
Matthew 28:9,17, John 20:28
with
Psalms 30:11, John 14:28, 16:7,22, 1 Peter 1:8
Verse 53

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
in
Acts 2:46,47, 5:41,42
Amen
Matthew 28:20, Mark 16:20, Revelation 22:21

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