Luke 24:44
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.
Study Note
Study Note
The risen Jesus's declaration that 'everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled' establishes the tripartite Hebrew canon (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim — the Tanak) as prophetically oriented toward him, providing the hermeneutical key for Christian reading of the Old Testament. The verb 'must be fulfilled' (dei plērōthēnai) implies divine necessity: the death and resurrection of Jesus were not accidents of history but the culmination of a long-standing divine plan encoded in Scripture. The verse authorizes the typological and christological exegesis practiced throughout the New Testament and formalized in early Christian hermeneutics. The opening of the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures (verse 45) implies that christological interpretation requires spiritual illumination, not only grammatical analysis.
Other Translations
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.
and he said to them, `These <FI>are<Fi> the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
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