Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 24:44
These are the words - Or this is the “fulfillment” of what I before told you respecting my death. See Luke 18:33; Mark 10:33.While I was yet with you - Before my death. While I was with you as a teacher and guide.In the law of Moses - The five books of Moses - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Among the Jews this was the first division of the Old Testament, and was called the “law.”The prophets - This was the second and largest part of the Hebrew Scriptures. It comprehended the... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 24:39-43
Behold my hands ... - Jesus proceeds to give them evidence that he was truly the same person that had been crucified. He first showed them his hands and his feet - still, pierced, and with the wounds made by the nails still open. Compare John 20:27. He told them to handle him and see him. He ate before them. All this was to satisfy them that he was not, as they supposed, a spirit. Nor could better evidence have been given. He appealed to their senses, and performed acts which a disembodied... read more