Lu 24:1
24:1 Now upon the {1} first [day] of the week, very {a} early in
     the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the
     spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with
     them.

 (1) Poor humble women, who were certainly not expecting it, are
     chosen to be the first witnesses of the resurrection, so
     that there might not be any suspicion of either deceit or
     violence.
     (a) Very early, as Mark says: or as John says, while it
         was yet dark, that is, when it was yet hardly the
         dawning of day.

Lu 24:9
24:9 {2} And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these
     things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

 (2) The cowardly and dastardly mind of the disciples is
     reproved by the brave courage of women (made so by God's
     great mercies) to show that the kingdom of God consists in
     an extraordinary power.

Lu 24:12
24:12 {3} Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and {b}
      stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by
      themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that
      which was come to pass.

 (3) Christ uses the incredulity of his disciples for the fuller
     setting forth of the truth of his resurrection, lest they
     should seem to have believed that too lightly which they
     preached afterward to all the world.
     (b) As it were holding down his head, and bowing his neck,
         looked diligently in.

Lu 24:13
24:13 {4} And, behold, two of them went that same day to a
      village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about]
      threescore furlongs.

 (4) The resurrection is proved by two other witnesses who saw
     it, and all the circumstances surrounding it declare that
     it was no forged event thought up on purpose in their own
     minds.

Lu 24:16
24:16 {c} But their eyes were holden that they should not know
      him.

      (c) Were held back and stayed, God no doubt appointing
          this to be so: and therefore his body was not
          invisible, but rather their eyes were dimmed.

Lu 24:18
24:18 And {d} the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering
      said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and
      hast not known the things which are come to pass there in
      these days?

      (d) Some of the old fathers think that the other disciple
          was the same evangelist who wrote this book, but
          Epiphanius, writing against the Saturnilians, says it
          was Nathanael; but none of these are certainties.

Lu 24:20
24:20 {5} And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him
      to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

 (5) It appears by conferring the prophecies of the prophets
     that all those things are true and certain which the
     evangelist have put down in writing about Christ.

Lu 24:31
24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he {e}
      vanished out of their sight.

      (e) Suddenly taken away, and we may not therefore imagine
          that he was there in an invisible body, but indeed
          believe that he suddenly changed the place where he
          was.

Lu 24:35
24:35 And they told what things [were done] in the way, and how
      he was known of them in {f} breaking of bread.

      (f) When he broke bread, which that people used to do, and
          as the Jews still do today at the beginning of their
          meals and say a prayer.

Lu 24:36
24:36 {6} And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the
      midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.

 (6) The Lord himself shows by certain and necessary signs that
     he was risen again, and risen in the same body which he had
     taken upon himself.

Lu 24:38
24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do {g}
      thoughts arise in your hearts?

      (g) Various and doubtful thoughts which fall often into
          men's heads, when any strange thing occurs, thoughts
          of which there is no great likelihood.

Lu 24:44
24:44 {7} And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I
      spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things
      must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses,
      and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.

 (7) The preaching of the gospel, which was promised to the
     prophets, and performed in his time, is committed unto the
     apostles, the sum of which is repentance and remission of
     sins.

Lu 24:47
24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be
      preached in his name among all nations, {h} beginning at
      Jerusalem.

      (h) The apostles, who are the preachers of the gospel,
          beginning at Jerusalem.

Lu 24:49
24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but
      tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, {i} until ye be endued
      with power from on high.

      (i) Until the Holy Spirit comes down from heaven upon you.

Lu 24:50
24:50 {8} And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he
      lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

 (8) Christ ascends into heaven, and departing bodily from his
     disciples, fills their hearts with the Holy Spirit.



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