Dr Paul Allen

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. LUKE 24:27 A word for the troubled? Yes, it was certainly that. But the two people who were making their way back to Emmaus from Jerusalem on a Sunday morning following Jesus’ crucifixion were more than troubled. They were devastated. They had been following Jesus for years. They thought he was God’s Messiah who was going to drive out the occupying Roman armies, free his people from their bondage to Rome, and restore the glory of the fallen house of David. But suddenly Jesus had been arrested and killed, and their great dream had ended. It had been exciting while it lasted. But their hopes had died with their Master, and they were going home. What else could they do? If Jesus were living, they might have been able to handle almost anything. But their faith had been shattered, and there was nothing for them to do but go home and get on with the sad task of pickin...

“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. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.” ( Luke 24:44-45 ) On the day of His resurrection, the Lord Jesus had given a wonderful session of Bible teaching to two of His followers on the road to Emmaus. “Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” ( Luke 24:27 ). Later that same evening, Jesus appeared to the eleven apostles and the other disciples, probably in the upper room, and gave a similar study to all of them together, as summarized in our text above. We can learn much from our Master Teacher concerning how we also should teach the Bible, for it was He, through “the Spirit of Christ” ( 1 Peter 1:11 ), who in effect wrote the Bible in the first p...