Luke 24:26-27

24:26 Wasn’t ¹  it necessary ²  for the Christ ³  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then ⁴  beginning with Moses and all the prophets, ⁵  he interpreted to them the things written about ⁶  himself in all the scriptures.

Luke 24:32

24:32 They ⁷  said to each other, “Didn’t ⁸  our hearts ⁹  burn within us ¹⁰  while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining ¹¹  the scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:44

Jesus’ Final Commission

24:44 Then ¹²  he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me ¹³  in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms ¹⁴  must be fulfilled.”

Luke 24:46

24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ ¹⁵  would suffer ¹⁶  and would rise from the dead on the third day,

¹ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

² 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).

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn This question uses a Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) that expects a positive reply.

⁹ tn This is a collective singular use of the term καρδία (kardia), so each of their hearts were burning, a reference itself to the intense emotion of their response.

¹⁰ tc ‡ Most mss have the phrase ἐν ἡμῖν (en Jhmin, “within us”) after οὐχὶ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καιομένη ἦν (ouci Jh kardia Jhmwn kaiomenh hn, “Didn’t our hearts burn”). The phrase “within us” is lacking in some early mss (Ì⁷⁵ B D c e sy^s,c). These early witnesses could have overlooked the words, since there are several occurrences of ἡμῖν in the context. But it seems likely that other scribes wanted to clarify the abrupt expression “Didn’t our hearts burn,” even as the translation has done here. NA²⁷ includes the words in brackets, indicating doubts as to their authenticity.

¹¹ tn Grk “opening” (cf. Acts 17:3).

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹³ sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

¹⁴ sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.

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

¹⁶ tn Three Greek infinitives are the key to this summary: (1) to suffer, (2) to rise, and (3) to be preached. The Christ (Messiah) would be slain, would be raised, and a message about repentance would go out into all the world as a result. All of this was recorded in the scripture. The remark shows the continuity between Jesus’ ministry, the scripture, and what disciples would be doing as they declared the Lord risen.