Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
beginning at Jerusalem—(1) As the metropolis and heart of the then existing kingdom of God:—"to the Jew first" (Romans 1:16; Acts 13:46; Isaiah 2:3, see on Matthew 10:6). (2) As the great reservoir and laboratory of all the sin and crime of the nation, thus proclaiming for all time that there is mercy in Christ for the chief of sinners. (See on Matthew 23:37).
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 24:47:
Isaiah 2:3
Isaiah 40:9
Isaiah 44:22
Isaiah 55:1
Isaiah 59:21
Matthew 23:37
Mark 16:15
Acts 1:2
Acts 8:4
Acts 13:46
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