1 Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre.
9 These report it to others.
13 Christ 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 Ghost;
50 and so ascends into heaven.

upon. Mt 28:1 Mr 16:1,2 Joh 20:1,2

they came. 10 8:2,3 23:55,56 Mt 27:55,56 Mr 15:40

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Mt 27:60-66 28:2 Mr 15:46,47 16:3,4 Joh 20:1,2

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

23 Mt 16:5 Joh 20:6,7

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

two men. Ge 18:2 Mt 28:2-6 Mr 16:5 Joh 20:11,12 Ac 1:10

(See note on Mar. 16:2.)

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

they. 1:12,13,29 Da 8:17,18 10:7-12,16,19 Mt 28:3-5 Mr 16:5,6 Ac 10:3,4

the living. or, him that liveth. Heb 7:8 Re 1:18 2:8

6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

remember. 44-46 9:22 18:31-33 Mt 12:40 16:21 17:22,23 20:18,19 27:63 28:6 Mr 8:31 9:9,10,31,32 10:33,34

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

Joh 2:19-22 12:16 14:26

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

22-24 Mt 28:7,8 Mr 16:7,8,10

10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

8:2,3 Mr 15:40,41 16:9-11 Joh 20:11-18

11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

idle. 25 Ge 19:14 2Ki 7:2 Job 9:16 Ps 126:1 Ac 12:9

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

Joh 20:3-10

13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

two. 18 Mr 16:12,13

Emmaus. Emmaus was situated, according to the testimony both of Luke and Josephus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, that is, about seven miles and a half. It has generally been confounded with Emmaus, a city of Judah, afterwards called Nicopolis; but Reland has satisfactorily shown that they were distinct places; the latter, according to the old Itinerary of Palestine, being situated 10 miles from Lydda, and 22 miles from Jerusalem. D'Arvieux states, that going from Jerusalem to Rama, he took the right from the high road to Rama, at some little distance from Jerusalem, and 'travelled a good league over rocks and flint stones, to the end of the valley of terebinthine trees,' until he reached Emmaus; which 'seems, by the ruins which surround it, to have been formerly larger that it was in our Saviour's time. The Christians, while masters of the Holy Land, re-established it a little, and built several churches. Emmaus was not worth the trouble of having come out of the way to see it.'

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

6:45 De 6:7 Mal 3:6

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

Jesus. 36 Mt 18:20 Joh 14:18,19

16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

31 2Ki 6:18-20 Mr 16:12 Joh 20:14 21:4

17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

and are. Eze 9:4-6 Joh 16:6,20-22

18 And 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?

Cleopas. Joh 19:25

19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

Concerning. 7:16 Mt 21:11 Joh 3:2 4:19 6:14 7:40-42,52 Ac 2:22 10:38

mighty. Ac 7:22

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

22:66-71 23:1-5 Mt 27:1,2,20 Mr 15:1 Ac 3:13-15 4:8-10 Ac 4:27,28 5:30,31 13:27-29

21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

1:68 2:38 Ps 130:8 Isa 59:20 Ac 1:6 1Pe 1:18,19 Re 5:9

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

9-11 Mt 28:7,8 Mr 16:9,10 Joh 20:1,2,18

23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

went. 12 Joh 20:1-10

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

O fools. Rather, inconsiderate men, [anoetos,] justly termed such, because they had not attended to the description of the Messiah by the prophets, nor to His teaching and miracles, as proofs that He alone was the person described.

Mr 7:18 8:17,18 9:19 16:14 Heb 5:11,12

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

46 Ps 22:1-31 69:1-36 Isa 53:1-12 Zec 13:7 Ac 17:3 1Co 15:3,4 Heb 2:8-10 9:22,23 1Pe 1:3,11

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

beginning. 44 Ge 3:15 22:18 26:4 49:10 Nu 21:6-9 De 18:15 Joh 5:39,45-47 Ac 3:22 7:37

and all. 25 Ps 16:9,10 132:11 Isa 7:14 9:6,7 40:10,11 50:6 52:13,14 Isa 53:1-12 Jer 23:5,6 33:14,15 Eze 34:23 37:25 Da 9:24-26 Mic 5:2-4 7:20 Zec 9:9 13:7 Mal 3:1-3 4:2 Joh 1:45 Ac 3:24 Ac 10:43 13:27-30 Re 19:10

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

he made. That is, he was directing his steps as if to go onwards; and so he doubtless would, had he not been withheld by their friendly importunities. There is not the smallest ground for founding a charge of dissimulation against our Saviour, or affording any encouragement to dissimulation in others.

Ge 19:2 32:26 42:7 Mr 6:48

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

14:23 Ge 19:3 2Ki 4:8 Ac 16:14

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

he took. 35 9:16 22:19 Mt 14:19 15:36 26:26 Mr 6:41 8:6 14:22 Joh 6:11 Ac 27:35

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

their eyes. 16 Joh 20:13-16

vanished out of their sight. or, ceased to be seen of them. 4:30 Joh 8:59

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Did. Ps 39:3 104:34 Pr 27:9,17 Isa 50:4 Jer 15:16 20:9 23:29 Joh 6:63 Heb 4:12

opened. 45 Ac 17:2,3 28:23

33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

and found. Joh 20:19-26

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

Saying. From Mar. 16:13, we learn that the apostles did not believe the testimony even of the two disciples from Emmaus, while it is here asserted they were saying, when they entered the room, 'The Lord is risen' etc. This difficulty is removed by rendering interrogatively, 'Has the Lord risen,' etc?

hath. 22:54-62 Mr 16:7 1Co 15:5

35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

Mr 16:12,13

36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Jesus. Mr 16:14 Joh 20:19-23 1Co 15:5

Peace. 10:5 Isa 57:18 Mt 10:13 Joh 14:27 16:33 20:26 2Th 3:16 Re 1:4

37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

16:30 1Sa 28:13 Job 4:14-16 Mt 14:26,27 Mr 6:49,50 Ac 12:15

38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

and why. Jer 4:14 Da 4:5,19 Mt 16:8 Heb 4:13

39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

my hands. Joh 20:20,25,27 Ac 1:3 1Jo 1:1

for. 23:46 Nu 16:22 Ec 12:7 1Th 5:23 Heb 12:9

40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

believe. Ge 45:26-28 Job 9:16 Ps 126:1,2 Joh 16:22

Have. Joh 21:5,10-13

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

Ac 10:41

44 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.

These. 6,7 9:22 18:31-33 Mt 16:21 17:22,23 20:18,19 Mr 8:31,32 9:31 10:33,34

while. Joh 16:4,5,16,17 17:11-13

that all. 26,27,46 21:22 Mt 26:54,56 Joh 19:24-37 Ac 3:18 13:29-31,33 1Co 15:3,4

in the law. Ge 3:15 14:18 22:18 49:10 Le 16:2 *etc: Nu 21:8 35:25 De 18:15-19 Joh 3:14 5:46 Ac 3:22-24 7:37 Heb 3:5 7:1 9:8 10:1

in the prophets. 27 Isa 7:14 9:6 11:1-10 28:16 40:1-11 42:1-4 49:1-8 50:2-6 Isa 52:13-15 53:1-12 61:1-3 Jer 23:5 33:14 Eze 17:22 34:23 Da 2:44 7:13 9:24-27 Ho 1:7-11 3:5 Joe 2:28-32 Am 9:11 Mic 5:1-4 Hag 2:7-9 Zec 6:12 9:9 11:8-13 12:10 13:7 14:4 Mal 3:1-3 4:2-6

in the psalms. Ps 2:1-12 16:9-11 22:1-31 40:6-8 69:1-36 72:1-20 88:1-18 Ps 109:4-20 110:1-7 118:22 Joh 5:39 Ac 17:2,3 1Pe 1:11 Re 19:10

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

Ex 4:11 Job 33:16 Ps 119:18 Isa 29:10-12,18,19 Ac 16:14 26:18 2Co 3:14-18 4:4-6 Eph 5:14 Re 3:7

46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

26,27,44 Ps 22:1-31 Isa 50:6 53:2 *etc: Ac 4:12 17:3 1Pe 1:3

47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

that. Da 9:24 Mt 3:2 9:13 Ac 2:38 3:19 5:31 11:18 13:38,39,46 Ac 17:30,31 20:21 26:20 1Jo 2:12

among. Ge 12:3 Ps 22:27 67:2-4,7 86:9 98:1-3 117:1-2 Isa 2:1-3 11:10 Isa 49:6,22 52:10,15 60:1-3 66:18-21 Jer 31:34 Ho 2:23 Mic 4:2 Mal 1:11 Mt 8:10,11 Ac 10:46-48 18:5,6 28:28 Ro 10:12-18 Ro 15:8-16 Eph 3:8 Col 1:27

beginning. 13:34 Isa 5:4 Ho 11:8 Mt 10:5,6 Ac 3:25,26 13:46 Ro 5:20 Ro 11:26,27 Eph 1:6

48 And ye are witnesses of these things.

Joh 15:27 Ac 1:8,22 2:32 3:15 4:33 5:32 10:39,41 13:31 22:15 Heb 2:3,4 1Jo 1:2,3

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

I send. Isa 44:3,4 59:20,21 Joe 2:28 *etc: Joh 14:16,17,26 15:26 16:7-16

but. Isa 32:15 Ac 1:4,8 2:1-21

50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

as far. Mr 11:1 Ac 1:12

he lifted. Ge 14:18-20 27:4 48:9 49:28 Nu 6:23-27 Mr 10:16 Heb 7:5-7

51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

he was. 2Ki 2:11 Mr 16:19 Joh 20:17 Ac 1:9 Eph 4:8-10 Heb 1:3 4:14

52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

they. Mt 28:9,17 Joh 20:28

with. Ps 30:11 Joh 14:28 16:7,22 1Pe 1:8

53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

in. Ac 2:46,47 5:41,42

Amen. Mt 28:20 Mr 16:20 Re 22:21

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON LUKE'S GOSPEL.

Luke, to whom this Gospel has been uniformly attributed from the earliest ages of the Christian church, is generally allowed to have been 'the beloved physician' mentioned by Paul, (Col. 4:14;) and as he was the companion of that apostle, in all his labours and sufferings, for many years, (Ac. 16:12; 20:1-6; 27:1,2; 28:13-16. 2Ti. 4:11. Phm. 24,) and wrote 'the Acts of the Apostles,' which conclude with a brief account of Paul's imprisonment at Rome, we may be assured that he had the Apostle's sanction to what he did; and probably this Gospel was written some time before that event, about A.D. 63 or 64, as is generally supposed. He would appear, from Col. 4:10, 11, and his intimate acquaintance with the Greek language, as well as from his Greek name [Loukas,] to have been of Gentile extraction; and according to Eusebius and others, he was a native of Antioch. But, from the Hebraisms occurring in his writings, and especially from his accurate knowledge of the Jewish rites, ceremonies, and custom, it is highly probable that he was a Jewish proselyte, and afterwards converted to Christianity. Though he may not have been, as some have affirmed, one of the seventy disciples, and an eye-witness of our Saviour's miracles, yet his intercourse with the apostles, and those who were eye-witnesses of the works and ear witnesses of the words of Christ, renders him an unexceptional witness, if considered merely as an historian; and the early and unanimous reception of his Gospel as divinely inspired is sufficient to satisfy every reasonable person.