Luke 24:45
New International Version
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

New Living Translation
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

English Standard Version
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Berean Standard Bible
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Berean Literal Bible
Then He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

King James Bible
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

New King James Version
And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

New American Standard Bible
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

NASB 1995
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

NASB 1977
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Amplified Bible
Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,

Christian Standard Bible
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

American Standard Version
Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures.

Contemporary English Version
Then he helped them understand the Scriptures.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.

English Revised Version
Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Good News Translation
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

International Standard Version
Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

Literal Standard Version
Then He opened up their understanding to understand the Writings,

Majority Standard Bible
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

New American Bible
Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

NET Bible
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

New Revised Standard Version
Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

New Heart English Bible
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Weymouth New Testament
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

World English Bible
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

Young's Literal Translation
Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

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Context
Jesus Unveils the Scriptures
44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” 45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,…

Cross References
Luke 24:32
They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

Acts 16:14
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.

1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true--in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.


Treasury of Scripture

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Exodus 4:11
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

Job 33:16
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

Psalm 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

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Luke 24
1. Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb.
9. They report it to others.
13. Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;
36. afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;
47. gives them a charge;
49. promises the Holy Spirit;
50. and so ascends into heaven.














(45) Then opened he their understanding.--Assuming, as we must assume, that this was the same meeting of the Lord with His disciples as that reported in John 20:22, we have here that which corresponds with the gift of the Holy Spirit He then imparted to them. They were conscious of a new spiritual power of insight and knowledge which they had not possessed before. St. Luke's report, as derived probably at second or third hand, through Joanna or others, is naturally more vague than that which comes from the eye-witness.

Verse 45. - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. Assuming (as is most probably the case) that vers. 44 and 45 refer to words spoken by Jesus on the first Easter evening to the eleven and to Cleopas and his friend, then the way in which he opened their understanding is described by St. John (John 20:22) thus: "He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Among the new powers bestowed on them by this Divine gift, St. Luke especially dwells on the spiritual insight henceforth possessed by these men into the Scriptures of the Old Testament, hitherto only partly understood. This power was doubtless one of the great instruments of their success as preachers. In the next four verses (46-49) St. Luke evidently briefly summarizes the Master's great sayings, some probably spoken in the course of the walk to Emmaus, some on that first Easter evening, some on other occasions during the forty days which elapsed between the Resurrection and the Ascension. The introductory words, "and said unto them" (ver. 46), seem the commencement cf. this summary,

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
τότε (tote)
Adverb
Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

He opened
διήνοιξεν (diēnoixen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1272: To open fully. From dia and anoigo; to open thoroughly, literally or figuratively.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

minds
νοῦν (noun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3563: Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning.

to understand
συνιέναι (synienai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 4920: To consider, understand, perceive. From sun and hiemi; to put together, i.e. to comprehend; by implication, to act piously.

the
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Scriptures.
γραφάς (graphas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1124: (a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures. A document, i.e. Holy Writ.


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