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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 24:44-53

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 24:44. These are the words.—I.e., “this is the meaning of the words.” Probably in Luke 24:44-49 St. Luke gives a summary of Christ’s discourses during the time between the Resurrection and the Ascension. Law of Moses, etc.—Perhaps here we have a reference to the Jewish division of the books of the Old Testament—i.e., into the Pentateuch, the Prophets (Joshua, Judges, four books of Kings, and the Prophets, except Daniel), and the Hagiographa.Luke 24:45. Then opened.—Cf. Luke... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 24:46-47

Luke 24:46-47 Our Lord's Last Words. I. The last command of a friend who has left us is commonly regarded with more than usual interest. Whatever else men forget they remember this. It is connected with a moment sacred in their recollections. The last glimpse of the familiar form receding from their view, the vessel long watched amidst the distant haze these or similar remembrances are linked to those words. Nay, sometimes they were the last uttered on earth. The words of the dying oh, how we... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 24:46-47

DISCOURSE: 1592THE GOSPEL TO BE FIRST PREACHED AT JERUSALEMLuke 24:46-47. Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.THE Apostles were to be Christ’s chosen witnesses respecting all that he had said, and done, and suffered in the world. To qualify them for this office, he gave them all needful instruction, not only whilst he... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 24:47

Beginning at Jerusalem; Christ's First and Last Subject Beginning at Jerusalem June 14th, 1883 by C. H. SPURGEON "And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."-- Luke 24:47 . The servants of God were not left to originate a gospel for themselves, as certain modern teachers appear to do, nor were they even left to map out their mode of procedure in the spreading of the glad tidings. They were told by their great Master what... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 24:1-53

Chapter 24Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were very perplexed, behold, two men stood my them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 24:1-53

Luke 24:21 . To-day is the third day. Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19. See also Genesis 22:4; Genesis 42:18. Joshua 2:16. Exodus 19:16. Jonah 1:17. Luke 24:25 . Oh fools, Ω ανοητοι , oh thoughtless men, unwise, unskilled in the scriptures. Luke 24:44 . All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. The fulfilment of prophecy... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 24:36-49

Luke 24:36-49Jesus Himself stood in the midst of themThe first appearance of the risen Lord to the elevenI.THE CERTAINTY OF OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION. No fact in history is better attested. 1. Observe, that when this person appeared in the room, the first token that it was Jesus was His speech: they were to have the evidence of hearing: He used the same speech. No sooner did He appear than He spoke. His first accents must have called to their minds those cheering notes with which He had closed... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 24:46

46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: Ver. 46. Thus it is written, &c. ] All things done and suffered by our Saviour were punctually and exactly foretold and foreshown by Moses and the prophets; and especially by Isaiah, who writes more like an evangelist than a prophet; and is therefore called the Evangelical Prophet. (Jerome.) read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 24:47

47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Ver. 47. And that repentance, &c. ] Blessed be God, saith one, that after our shipwreck by Adam, there is such a plank as repentance for a poor sinner to swim to heaven upon. It is a mourning for sin, as it is offensivum Dei, et aversivum a Deo. It is commissa plangere, et plangenda non committere, as Ambrose hath it; to bewail what is done amiss, and to do so no more. read more

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