Lukas 24:45

45 Toen opende Hij hun verstand, opdat zij de Schriften verstonden.

Lukas 24:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:45

Then opened he their understanding
He not only opened their hearts, to attend to what he said, and the proofs he gave of his resurrection from the dead in a true body; but he removed the veil from the eyes of their minds, and gave them an understanding of the sacred writings, respecting this matter:

that they might understand the Scriptures;
concerning his sufferings, death, and resurrection, which they were very ignorant of before, and which were as a sealed book unto them, ( John 20:9 ) though they had been from their infancy brought up to the reading of the Scriptures, and had had the advantage of Christ's ministry for some years; which shows the necessity of the special illumination of the Spirit, and the influence of his grace to remove the darkness of the mind, and give the true sense of the sacred writings.

Lukas 24:45 In-Context

43 En Hij nam het, en at het voor hun ogen.

44 En Hij zeide tot hen: Dit zijn de woorden, die Ik tot u sprak, als Ik nog met u was, namelijk dat het alles moest vervuld worden, wat van Mij geschreven is in de Wet van Mozes, en de Profeten, en Psalmen.

45 Toen opende Hij hun verstand, opdat zij de Schriften verstonden.

46 En zeide tot hen: Alzo is er geschreven, en alzo moest de Christus lijden, en van de doden opstaan ten derden dage.

47 En in Zijn Naam gepredikt worden bekering en vergeving der zonden, onder alle volken, beginnende van Jeruzalem.