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Which Scriptures did Jesus explain to the two on the way?

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Luke doesn't tell. He says, "Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself." (24:27), and the two said to one another, "he opened the Scriptures to us" (24:32). In Jerusalem Jesus names "the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms" (24:44) and says, "Thus it is written" (24:46), but he quotes no passage, and Luke names none. These notes name no passage for Luke.

The verses

“Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
Luke 24:27 · World English Bible
“They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?””
Luke 24:32 · World English Bible
“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.” Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,”
Luke 24:44-46 · World English Bible

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Luke 24: Their eyes were opened

In Luke's Greek one verb opens three things in this chapter: their eyes (24:31), the Scriptures (24:32) and their minds (24:45). And the book that told early on of Zacharias "blessing God" (1:64) ends with them "continually in the temple, praising and blessing God" (24:53).

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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Every answer cites the verses it rests on. What we believe · All Bible questions