Discovery BoxLuke 24:44-45 
Context24:44 Then 1 he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me 2 in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms 3 must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, 4
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2 sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.
3 sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.
4 sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.
