Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
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- Acts 16:14 : 14 A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
- Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
- Job 33:16 : 16 Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,
- Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- 2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, 16 but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
- Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
- 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
- Rev 3:7 : 7 To the Church in Philadelphia“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:
- Luke 24:32 : 32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
- Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers). 11 To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.” 12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”
- Isa 29:18-19 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness. 19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.
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- Luke 24:25-3814 verses81%
25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
28 So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,
29 but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
31 At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.
32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
33 So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together
34 and saying,“The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!”
35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.
36 Jesus Makes a Final Appearance While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.”
37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.
38 Then he said to them,“Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
- Luke 24:14-196 verses78%
14 They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.
15 While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them
16 (but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).
17 Then he said to them,“What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.
18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;
- Luke 24:43-442 verses78%
43 and he took it and ate it in front of them.
44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
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46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,
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33 They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
- Luke 24:40-412 verses73%
40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”
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8 Then the women remembered his words,
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9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
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21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
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34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
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45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
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14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.
- Mark 4:12-132 verses71%
12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
13 He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
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13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
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22 So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.
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16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
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40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
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50 Jesus’ Departure Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
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20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
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16 Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
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14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
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50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
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35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
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27 (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)
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17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
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30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!”
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30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
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2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
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17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?