Luke 24:1a| on| vv. 1-10: Matt. 28:1-8;| Mark 16:1-8;| John 20:1
Luke 24:11| first
| See notes 12 in Matt. 28 and 11 in John 20.
Luke 24:12| they
| Referring to the women mentioned in v. 10 and 23:55.
Luke 24:13| came
| See note 12 in John 20.
Luke 24:1b| spices| Luke 23:56
Luke 24:2a| stone| Matt. 27:60;| Mark 15:46;| cf. John 11:38
Luke 24:3a| not| Luke 24:23
Luke 24:4a| two| John 20:12;| cf. Acts 1:10
Luke 24:4b| men| Luke 24:23
Luke 24:41c| dazzling| Acts 10:30
| Or, shining.
Luke 24:5a| frightened| Luke 24:37
Luke 24:5b| living| Luke 24:23;| Rev. 1:18;| Heb. 7:8
Luke 24:61| raised
| See note 61 in Mark 16.
Luke 24:6a| spoke| Luke 24:44
Luke 24:6b| Galilee| Matt. 17:22-23;| Mark 9:30-31
Luke 24:7a| third| Luke 9:22;| Matt. 20:19
Luke 24:8a| remembered| John 2:22;| 12:16
Luke 24:9a| reported| Mark 16:10;| John 20:18
Luke 24:10a| Mary| Matt. 27:56;| Mark 15:40
Luke 24:10b| Joanna| Luke 8:3
Luke 24:101| Mary
| The mother of the Man-Savior.
Luke 24:111| to
| Lit., in their sight.
Luke 24:112| nonsense
| Used in medical language in reference to the wild talk of delirium.
Luke 24:11a| not| Mark 16:11
Luke 24:12a| Peter| John 20:3-7
Luke 24:12b| linen| John 19:40
Luke 24:13a| two| Mark 16:12-13
Luke 24:131| stadia
| One stadion equals about six hundred feet; therefore, sixty stadia would equal about seven miles.
Luke 24:151| went
| The Man-Savior was now in resurrection walking with the two disciples. This differed from His walking with His disciples before His death (19:28).
Luke 24:16a| kept| cf. John 20:14;| 21:4
Luke 24:191| said
| In their blindness they thought they knew more than the resurrected Savior.
Luke 24:19a| Nazarene| Matt. 2:23;| Mark 1:24;| Acts 2:22
Luke 24:192b| Prophet| Matt. 21:11;| Luke 7:16;| John 4:19;| 6:14;| Deut. 18:15
| Lit., a man, a Prophet. The two disciples knew the Savior in the flesh (2|Cor. 5:16), not in His resurrection. They knew His power in work and word, not the power of His resurrection (Phil. 3:10).
Luke 24:19c| powerful| cf. Acts 7:22
Luke 24:20a| rulers| Luke 23:13, 35
Luke 24:20b| delivered| Luke 23:1
Luke 24:20c| sentence| Acts 13:27
Luke 24:20d| crucified| Luke 23:33;| Acts 2:23
Luke 24:21a| redeem| Luke 1:68;| 2:38
Luke 24:22a| women| Luke 24:10
Luke 24:23a| not| Luke 24:3
Luke 24:23b| angels| Luke 24:4
Luke 24:23c| living| Luke 24:5
Luke 24:24a| tomb| Luke 24:12
Luke 24:251a| foolish| Luke 12:20
| The word in Greek indicates dullness of perception.
Luke 24:26a| suffer| Luke 24:46;| Acts 3:18;| 17:3
Luke 24:261| enter
| Referring to His resurrection (v. 46), which brought Him into glory (1|Cor. 15:43a; Acts 3:13a, 15a).
Luke 24:26b| glory| John 7:39;| Phil. 3:21
Luke 24:27a| Moses| Luke 24:44;| John 1:45;| 5:46
Luke 24:27b| prophets| Acts 13:27
Luke 24:271| all
| Including the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms (v. 44)—the entire Old Testament.
Luke 24:27c| Scriptures| Luke 24:32, 45;| Acts 8:35
Luke 24:27d| Himself| Gen. 3:15;| 49:10;| Num. 24:17;| Deut. 18:15;| Psa. 2:1-2, 6;| 22:1, 16, 18;| 110:1;| 118:22-24, 26;| 132:11;| Isa. 7:14;| 9:6;| 50:6;| 53:1-12;| Jer. 33:14-15;| Dan. 7:13-14;| Micah 5:2;| Zech. 9:9;| 13:7;| Mal. 3:1
Luke 24:29a| stay| cf. Gen. 19:2-3;| Acts 16:15
Luke 24:30a| blessed| Matt. 26:26
Luke 24:311| opened
| The Savior walked with them (v. 15) and stayed with them (v. 29), but it was not until they offered the loaf to Him and He broke it that their eyes were opened to recognize Him. They needed Him to walk and stay with them, but He needed them to offer the loaf to Him so that He could break it that He might open their eyes to see Him.
Luke 24:312| He
| Lit., He became invisible from them. The Savior was still with them. He did not leave them but only became invisible.
Luke 24:32a| Scriptures| Luke 24:27, 45
Luke 24:331| Jerusalem
| Jerusalem was the place where the resurrected Savior wanted His disciples to remain before the day of Pentecost (v. 49; Acts 1:4).
Luke 24:33a| eleven| Mark 16:14
Luke 24:34a| appeared| 1|Cor. 15:5
Luke 24:35a| known| Luke 24:31
Luke 24:36a| Peace| John 20:19
Luke 24:37a| frightened| Luke 24:5
Luke 24:371| spirit
| A ghost or specter.
Luke 24:39a| hands| John 20:27
Luke 24:39b| Touch| 1|John 1:1
Luke 24:391| flesh
| This is the Man-Savior’s resurrected body, which is spiritual (1|Cor. 15:44) and which is a body of glory (Phil. 3:21 and note 3).
Luke 24:40a| showed| John 20:20
Luke 24:411| did
| Lit., were disbelieving.
Luke 24:41a| joy| Luke 24:52;| John 16:22
Luke 24:41b| eat| John 21:5
Luke 24:42a| fish| John 21:9, 13
Luke 24:43a| ate| Acts 10:41
Luke 24:44a| spoke| Luke 24:6
Luke 24:441| Law
| The Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms are the three sections of the Old Testament, that is, “all the Scriptures” (v. 27). The Savior’s word here unveils that the entire Old Testament is a revelation of Him and that He is its center and content.
Luke 24:44b| Moses| Luke 24:27
Luke 24:451a| opened| Psa. 119:18;| Acts 16:14
| Indicating that to understand the Scriptures requires that our mind be opened by the Lord Spirit through His enlightening (Eph. 1:18).
Luke 24:46a| written| Matt. 26:24
Luke 24:46b| suffer| Luke 24:26
Luke 24:46c| third| Luke 24:7;| 9:22
Luke 24:471a| forgiveness| Jer. 31:34;| Acts 2:38;| 5:31;| 13:38;| 1|John 2:12
| Forgiveness of sins could be proclaimed only after the Man-Savior’s vicarious death for the sinners’ sins had been accomplished and had been verified by His resurrection (v. 46; cf. Rom. 4:25). The Gospel of John, as the Gospel of the God-Savior, emphasizes life for fruit-bearing (John 15:5). The Gospel of Luke, as the Gospel of the Man-Savior, stresses forgiveness of sins for proclaiming. To bear fruit in life requires the Spirit of life essentially, received through the breathing of the Spirit (John 20:22). To proclaim forgiveness of sins requires the Spirit of power economically, received through the baptism in the Spirit (Acts 1:5, 8). To bear fruit is a matter of life; to proclaim forgiveness of sins is a matter of power.
Luke 24:47b| name| Mal. 1:11;| Matt. 28:19;| Acts 4:12
Luke 24:47c| nations| Gen. 12:3;| Psa. 22:27;| Gal. 3:8
Luke 24:47d| Jerusalem| Acts 1:8
Luke 24:48a| witnesses| John 15:27;| Acts 1:8;| 3:15;| 5:32;| 10:39, 41;| 13:31;| 1|Cor. 15:15;| 1|Pet. 5:1
Luke 24:491a| promise| Acts 2:33;| Eph. 1:13
| The promise given in Joel 2:28-29, fulfilled on the day of Pentecost (Acts 1:4-5, 8; 2:1-4, 16-18). It concerned the outpouring of the Spirit as the power from on high for the believers’ ministry economically. This is different from the Spirit of life being breathed into the disciples (John 20:22 and note 1, par. 1) by the resurrected Savior on the day of His resurrection for His indwelling that He might be life to them essentially.
Luke 24:492| stay
| Lit., sit.
Luke 24:493| put
| Regarding the Spirit of life, we need to breathe Him in as the breath (John 20:22); regarding the Spirit of power, we need to put Him on as the uniform, typified by the mantle of Elijah (2|Kings 2:9, 13-15). The former, like the water of life, requires our drinking (John 7:37-39); the latter, like the water of baptism, requires our being immersed (Acts 1:5). These are the two aspects of the one Spirit for our experience (1|Cor. 12:13). The indwelling of the Spirit of life is essential and is for our life and living; the outpouring of the Spirit of power is economical and is for our ministry and work.
Luke 24:49b| power| Acts 1:8
Luke 24:49c| high| James 1:17;| 3:17
Luke 24:501a| Bethany| John 11:18;| Matt. 21:17
| At the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:12).
Luke 24:511| carried
| [ par. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ]
Luke 24:511 [1]| In this book Luke displays and presents mainly five crucial and excellent aspects concerning the Man-Savior: His birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension.
Luke 24:511 [2]| (1) His birth was of and with the Spirit of God essentially, making Him a God-man so that He could be the Man-Savior (1:35).
Luke 24:511 [3]| (2) His ministry was by and through the Spirit of God economically for the carrying out of God’s economy in His jubilee (4:18-19).
Luke 24:511 [4]| (3) His death was by His being the God-man to accomplish God’s redemption for man (23:42-43) and to release Himself into man as the fire of life to burn on the earth (12:49-50).
Luke 24:511 [5]| (4) His resurrection was (a) God’s vindication of Him and of His work; (b) His success in all His achievements; and (c) His victory over the universal enemy of God.
Luke 24:511 [6]| (5) His ascension was God’s exaltation of Him, which made Him the Christ of God and the Lord of all (Acts 2:36) that He might carry out His heavenly ministry on the earth as the all-inclusive Spirit poured out from the heavens upon His Body, which is constituted of His believers (Acts 2:4, 17-18), as recorded by Luke in his further writing, the Acts.
Luke 24:51a| heaven| Mark 16:19;| 1|Pet. 3:22;| Heb. 9:24;| 1|Kings 8:27;| 2|Cor. 12:2
Luke 24:52a| worshipped| Matt. 28:9, 17
Luke 24:52b| Jerusalem| Acts 1:12;| Luke 24:49
Luke 24:52c| joy| Luke 24:41
Luke 24:53a| temple| Acts 2:46;| 3:1;| 5:21, 42
Luke 24:53b| blessing| Luke 1:64;| 2:28
Luke 24:531|
| Some MSS add, Amen.