Luke 24:45

World English Bible (2000)

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

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  • Acts 16:14 : 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
  • Job 33:16 : 16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
  • 2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
  • Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers. 11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:" 12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't read."
  • Isa 29:18-19 : 18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. 19 The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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    25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

    26 Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?"

    27 Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

    28 They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

    29 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.

    30 It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.

    31 Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.

    32 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"

    33 They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,

    34 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"

    35 They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

    36 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."

    37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

    38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?

  • Luke 24:14-19
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    14 They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.

    15 It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.

    16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

    17 He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"

    18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?"

    19 He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

  • Luke 24:43-44
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    43 He took them, and ate in front of them.

    44 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."

  • Luke 24:46
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    46 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

  • Matt 20:33
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    33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

  • Luke 24:40-41
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    40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

    41 While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

  • Luke 24:8
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    8 They remembered his words,

  • John 20:9
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    9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

  • Luke 18:34
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    34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • 2 Cor 3:14
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    14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • Matt 17:13
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    13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • John 2:22
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    22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

  • John 12:16
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    16 His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

  • John 12:40
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    40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

  • Luke 24:50
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    50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

  • John 20:20
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    20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

  • Matt 13:14
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    14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

  • Luke 2:50
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    50 They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

  • Acts 8:35
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    35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.

  • John 8:27
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    27 They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

  • Luke 4:17
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    17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

  • Matt 9:30
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    30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."

  • Acts 8:30
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    30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

  • Luke 24:2
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    2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

  • Mark 8:17
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    17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?