Luke 24:44

42 So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

43 and He took it and ate it in front of them.

Jesus 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.”

45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

46 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Jesus 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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”
ASV
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
DARBY
And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.
BLB
And He said to them, “These [are] My words, which I spoke to you⁺ being still with you⁺, that it is necessary to be fulfilled all things having been written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms.”
ÅB
Og han sa til dem: Dette er mine ord som jeg talte til dere mens jeg enda var hos dere, at alt det måtte oppfylles som er skrevet i Mose lov og profetene og salmene om meg.
OTB
Han sa til dem: "Dette er Mine ord som Jeg talte til dere mens Jeg ennå var med dere: Alt må oppfylles som er skrevet om Meg i Mose lov, profetene og salmene."
B1930
Og han sa til dem: Dette er mine ord som jeg talte til eder mens jeg ennu var hos eder, at alt det måtte opfylles som er skrevet i Mose lov og profetene og salmene om mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  • Luke 24:26–27

    Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

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  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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  • Psalms 110:1–7

    The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

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  • Acts 13:33

    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

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  • Isaiah 11:1–10

    Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

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  • Luke 9:22

    “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

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  • Isaiah 7:14

    Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

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