Luke 24:20-27

24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over ¹  to be condemned to death, and crucified ²  him. 24:21 But we had hoped ³  that he was the one who was going to redeem ⁴  Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened. 24:22 Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. ⁵  They ⁶  were at the tomb early this morning, 24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, ⁷  who said he was alive. 24:24 Then ⁸  some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ⁹  24:25 So ¹⁰  he said to them, “You ¹¹  foolish people ¹²  – how slow of heart ¹³  to believe ¹⁴  all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Wasn’t ¹⁵  it necessary ¹⁶  for the Christ ¹⁷  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then ¹⁸  beginning with Moses and all the prophets, ¹⁹  he interpreted to them the things written about ²⁰  himself in all the scriptures.

¹ sn Handed him over is another summary of the passion like Luke 9:22.

² sn See the note on crucify in 23:21.

³ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

⁴ sn Their messianic hope concerning Jesus is expressed by the phrase who was going to redeem Israel.

⁵ sn The account in 24:1-12 is repeated here, and it is clear that the other disciples were not convinced by the women, but could not explain the events either.

⁶ tn In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁷ sn The men in dazzling attire mentioned in v. 4 are identified as angels here.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Here the pronoun αὐτόν (auton), referring to Jesus, is in an emphatic position. The one thing they lacked was solid evidence that he was alive.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

¹² tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

¹³ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

¹⁴ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

¹⁵ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

¹³ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

¹⁴ sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

¹⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁶ sn The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.

¹⁷ tn Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.