[Luke 24]

 

             {Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}

             ^24:1 Now on the first day of the week, from the deep foggy daybreak, they and some others together-with them came upon the tomb, bringing spices which they had prepared. ^24:2 Now they found the stone has been rolled away from the tomb. ^24:3 And after they entered in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ^24:4 And it happened, while^* they were perplexed concerning this, and behold, two men stood by them in flashing apparels. ^24:5 Now after they themselves became fearful and bowing their face down toward the earth, then they said to them, Why are you^° seeking the living with the dead? ^24:6 He is not here, but was raised. Remember^° how he spoke to you^°, being still in Galilee, ^24:7 saying, It is essential for the Son of Man to be given up into the hands of sinful men and to be crucified and to rise^* up on the third day? ^24:8 And they were reminded of his declarations.

 

             {Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}

             ^24:9 And they returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ^24:10 Now they were, Mary the Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women together-with them, those who were saying these things to the apostles. ^24:11 And their declarations appeared like nonsense in their sight, and they were disbelieving them. ^24:12 But Peter stood up, ran to the tomb and peered inside and he sees the linen-strips laying alone. And he went away with himself {i.e., alone}, marveling at what has happened.

 

             {Mar 16:12-13 & Luk 24:13-35 & 1Co 15:5 Sun. Afternoon.}

             ^24:13 And behold, two out-of them were traveling in that same day to a village which has the name Emmaus, being sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem. ^24:14 And they themselves were conversing with one another concerning all these things which have befallen. ^24:15 And it happened, while^* they were conversing and debating together, that Jesus himself drew near and was traveling together-with them. ^24:16 But their eyes were being held-fast so as not to recognize him. ^24:17 But he said to them, What words are these which you^° are exchanging with one another, while walking and you^° are gloomy-faced?

             ^24:18 But one who has the name Cleopas answered and said to him, Are you sojourning alone in Jerusalem and did not know of the things which happened in her in these days?

             ^24:19 And he said to them, What things?

             But they said to him, The things concerning Jesus of the Nazarenes, who became a prophet, a mighty man in work and word in front of God and all the people; ^24:20 and how the high-priests and our rulers gave him up to the condemnation of death and crucified him. ^24:21 Now we were hoping that he himself is the one who is about to redeem Israel. But yet, together-with all these things, today brings us to this third day from which these things happened. ^24:22 But some women from among us also astonished us, who happened to be at the tomb at daybreak, ^24:23 and did not find his body, they came, saying also to have seen a vision of messengers, who are saying, he himself to be living. ^24:24 And some of the ones together-with us, went in the tomb and also found it so, just-as the women said, but they did not see him.

             ^24:25 And he himself said to them, O you^° foolish ones and slow in heart to believe upon all which the prophets spoke! ^24:26 Was it not essential for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into his glory? ^24:27 And he began from Moses and from all the prophets and was clarifying for them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. ^24:28 And they drew near to the village, where they were traveling and he himself was making-like he was to travel farther.

             ^24:29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, because it is toward dusk and the day has been far-spent. And he entered in to abide together-with them. ^24:30 And it happened, while^* he was reclining with them at the table, he took the bread and gave-thanks and broke it and he was giving it to them.

             ^24:31 Now their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he himself became unapparent from them. {i.e., disappeared} ^24:32 And they said to one another, Was our heart not being burned inside us, as he was speaking to us on the road, and as he was opening the Scriptures to us?

             ^24:33 And they stood up in that same hour and returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven, who has been accumulated together, and the ones together-with them, ^24:34 saying, The Lord was really raised and was seen by Simon. ^24:35 And they themselves were describing the things which happened on the road and how he was known by them in the breaking of the bread.

 

             {Mar 16:14 & Luk 24:36-43 & Joh 20:19-25 Sun. Evening.}

             ^24:36 Now while they themselves are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and says to them, Peace is to you^°. ^24:37 But they became terrified and fearful and were thinking to be viewing a spirit. ^24:38 And he said to them, Why are you^° disturbed? And why do arguments come-up in your^° hearts? ^24:39 Behold^° my hands and my feet, that I am myself. Touch^° me and see^°, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, like you^° view me having. ^24:40 And he said this, and showed them the hands and the feet. ^24:41 But while they themselves were still disbelieving from the joy, and marveling {i.e., they were in shock}, he said to them, Do you^° have anything edible here? ^24:42 Now they gave part of a broiled fish to him and some from the honeycomb. ^24:43 And he took it, and ate it in their sight.

 

             {Luk 24:44-49 & Acts 1:3-8 & 1Co 15:7 Jerusalem.}

             ^24:44 Now he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you^°, being still together-with you^°, that it is essential for all things to be fulfilled, which have been written in the Law of Moses and the prophets and Psalms, concerning me. ^24:45 Then he opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

             {Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}

             ^24:46 And he said to them, Thus it has been written, and thus it was essential for the Christ to suffer and to rise^* up from the dead in the third day; {Isa 53:5?} ^24:47 and repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be preached in his name to all the nations beginning from Jerusalem. ^24:48 Now you^° are witnesses of these things. ^24:49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you^°, but you^° sit {i.e., stay} in the city of Jerusalem, until you^° should be clothed with power from on high.

 

             {Mar 16:19-20 & Luk 24:50-53 & Acts 1:9-12 Olivet, between Jerusalem and Bethany.}

             ^24:50 Now he led them outside until they were in Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and spoke well of {and/or: gave-thanks for} them. ^24:51 And it happened, while^* he blessed them, he stood-apart from them and was being carried up into heaven. ^24:52 And they themselves worshiped him, and returned into Jerusalem with great joy ^24:53 and they were always in the temple, praising and thanking God.

             Amen.

 

             {NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., *FOR is different from FOR* is different from FOR. ^° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.}

 

{{ Introduction to John 67-95 AD

 

            The Good-news account by John, which was most likely written after the other three, fills in some gaps that were not covered by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Only eight percent of John's content overlaps with Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and ninety-two percent is unique to John. No specific writer is stated but the similarities in writing style, thought patterns, vocabulary and the ‘very’ Koine Greek language of the Good-news of John, 1-3 John, and Revelation (denoted as ‘John’) are unmistakable. This ‘John’ has always been understood to be the apostle John, the son of Zebedee.

            John writes to a general audience. He talks about the unbelieving Jews and equates them to the world. He also talks about the Greek-speaking Jews (Hellenistic) in this book and shows many witnesses confirming that Jesus is the Christ prophesied of in the Old Testament. John states in 20:30-31 where signs were recorded for a specific purpose to bring about faith in Jesus. John recognizes that unless one has this faith (belief), he will not have eternal life. John did not need to reinstate those from the end Matthew and Mark, if one has no belief. John, through inspiration, also explains what belief in Jesus really means in John 3:36 and that belief is obedience. John opens his biography of Jesus at the very creation of the world, showing Jesus as “The Word was God” and “He became flesh and resided among us” (John 1:1-3, 14). If it helps to understand the preeminence of Jesus as God in chapter one, the word ‘became’ can be translated as “came into being”. From there, the focus is on showing the life, teachings, and miracles of Jesus in such a way that the reader might ‘believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, the reader may have life in His name’ (John 20:30-31). So as you read this great book from God, focus on how John builds the witnesses of Jesus, the signs and wonders of God’s Son and how God brings about faith (belief) in the reader with confidence that Jesus is God’s Son. Among other things, it is in this Good-news account that we learn that Jesus rejected the idea of setting up an earthly kingdom (John 6:15, 18:36). A later writing of John, Revelation, tells us that he made his Christians a kingdom, and Christians are the priests of God, Revelation 1:6.}}