24:44 Then 5 he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me 6 in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms 7 must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, 8
1 sn They still could not believe it. Is this a continued statement of unbelief? Or is it a rhetorical expression of their amazement? They are being moved to faith, so a rhetorical force is more likely here.
2 sn Amazement is the common response to unusual activity: 1:63; 2:18; 4:22; 7:9; 8:25; 9:43; 11:14; 20:26.
3 sn Do you have anything here to eat? Eating would remove the idea that a phantom was present. Angelic spirits refused a meal in Jdt 13:16 and Tob 12:19, but accepted it in Gen 18:8; 19:3 and Tob 6:6.
4 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ request for food.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
8 sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.
9 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.
10 sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.