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Themes in Luke 24
Moffatt

Themes in Luke 24

Luke 24:1

On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

Luke 24:2

The boulder they found rolled away from the tomb,

Luke 24:3

but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:4

They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment.

Luke 24:5

They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

Luke 24:6

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

Luke 24:7

that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day."

Luke 24:8

Then they remembered what he had said,

Luke 24:9

and turning away from the tomb they reported all this to the eleven and all the others.

Luke 24:10

(It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.)

Luke 24:11

But this story of the women seemed in their opinion to be nonsense; they would not believe them.

Luke 24:12

Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened.

Luke 24:13

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Luke 24:14

They were conversing about all these events,

Luke 24:15

and during their conversation and discussion Jesus himself approached and walked beside them,

Luke 24:16

though they were prevented from recognizing him.

Luke 24:17

He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

Luke 24:18

and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?"

Luke 24:19

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

Luke 24:20

but the high priests and our rulers delivered him up to be sentenced to death and crucified him.

Luke 24:21

Our own hope was that he would be the redeemer of Israel; but he is dead, and that is three days ago!

Luke 24:22

Though some women of our number gave us a surprise; they were at the tomb early in the morning

Luke 24:23

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

Luke 24:24

Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

Luke 24:25

He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared!

Luke 24:26

Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

Luke 24:27

Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

Luke 24:28

Now they approached the village to which they were going. He pretended to be going further on,

Luke 24:29

but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.

Luke 24:30

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

Luke 24:31

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

Luke 24:32

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

Luke 24:33

So they got up and returned that very hour to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and their friends all gathered,

Luke 24:34

who told them that the Lord had really risen and that he had appeared to Simon.

Luke 24:35

Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf.

Luke 24:36

Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

Luke 24:37

They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw;

Luke 24:38

but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind?

Luke 24:39

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

Luke 24:40

[With these words he showed them his hands and feet.]

Luke 24:41

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

Luke 24:42

And when they handed him a piece of broiled fish,

Luke 24:43

he took and ate it in their presence.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

Luke 24:46

"Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Luke 24:48

To this you must bear testimony.

Luke 24:49

And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

Luke 24:50

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

Luke 24:51

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

Luke 24:52

They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem,

Luke 24:53

where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.
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