Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Then opened he, etc.—a statement of unspeakable value; expressing, on the one hand, Christ's immediate access to the human spirit and absolute power over it, to the adjustment of its vision, and permanent rectification for spiritual discernment (than which it is impossible to conceive a stronger evidence of His proper divinity); and, on the other hand, making it certain that the manner of interpreting the \ Old Testament which the apostles afterwards employed (see the Acts and Epistles), has the direct sanction of Christ Himself.
These are the words, etc.—that is, "Now you will understand what seemed so dark to you when I told you about the Son of man being put to death and rising again" (Luke 18:31-34).
while . . . yet with you—a striking expression, implying that He was now, as the dead and risen Saviour, virtually dissevered from this scene of mortality, and from all ordinary intercourse with His mortal disciples.
law . . . prophets . . . psalms—the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament Scriptures.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 24:45:
Mark 16:15
John 20:19-23
Acts 1:2
Acts 16:14-15
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