4/19/2023 0 Comments Eye for an eye bible![]() ![]() He declares, “You are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:48, alluding to Isa. Jesus also gives his disciples a new identity, promising them divine power to accomplish their mission. We need Jesus to open God’s Word to us and open us to the Word. Then, verse 45 explains that Jesus “opened their minds to understand.” We see that Jesus brings clarity to the Bible’s central message and gives his disciples the spiritual capacity to grasp his teaching. They marvel over how Jesus “opened” the Scriptures (v. When Jesus breaks bread with Cleopas and the other disciple, “their eyes were opened, and they recognized him” (Luke 24:31). The word translated “opened” is used three times to highlight our dual need for revelation and receptivity. Thus, God is the one who prevents the disciples from initially grasping Jesus’s true identity until the risen Lord himself removes their blinders. Elsewhere Jesus joyously praises the Father because he conceals and reveals according to his gracious will (Luke 10:21–22). The passive construction, “were kept,” means that someone or something prevents these disciples from grasping their fellow traveler’s true identity. Even though Cleopas and his companion converse with Christ himself, “their eyes were kept from recognizing him” (v. The disciples’ journey with Jesus on the road poignantly illustrates this crucial point. Luke 24 also stresses that people need spiritual sight to recognize Jesus’s true identity. Jesus effectively previews the mission of his witnesses, who call Jews and Gentiles alike to repent and believe. The word “and” shows that Christ’s scriptural summary continues beyond his suffering and resurrection to the mission that goes forth in his name. and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations” (v. “Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise. After the divine Son rises, he instructs his followers to see everything in his light. Then for his gathered disciples he states “that everything written about me. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus interprets “in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). His summary of the Scriptures doesn’t stop with the cross and empty tomb but also anchors his mission to the nations in what has been written. ![]() Jesus claims that the Bible finds its central focus and climactic fulfillment in his death, resurrection, and mission. The risen Lord clarifies the central thrust of the biblical story, gives his people the capacity to understand, and provides them a new identity as his witnesses. ![]() “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. In Luke 24:44–48, the risen Lord summarizes the Bible’s essential message and offers us a model to faithfully read the Scriptures with the proper focus on the Messiah and his mission: Just as many of us wear corrective lenses to help our vision, so we also need proper ‘lenses’ when we read God’s Word. ![]()
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