Luke:24:44-49

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rwp @Luke:24:44 @{While I was yet with you } (\eti “n sun humin \). Literally , {Being yet with you }. The participle \“n \ takes the time of the principal verb . rwp @Luke:24:45 @{Opened he their mind } (\di ˆnoixen aut “n ton noun \). The same verb as that in verses 31 ,32 | about the eyes and the Scriptures . Jesus had all these years been trying to open their minds that they might understand the Scriptures about the Messiah and now at last he makes one more effort in the light of the Cross and the Resurrection . They can now see better the will and way of God , but they will still need the power of the Holy Spirit before they will fully know the mind of Christ . rwp @Luke:24:46 @{It is written } (\gegraptai \). Perfect passive indicative of \graph “\, to write , the usual phrase for quoting Scripture . Jesus now finds in the Old Testament his suffering , his resurrection , and the preaching of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all nations . Note the infinitives \pathein , anast ˆnai , k ˆruchth ˆnai \. rwp @Luke:24:47 @{Beginning } (\arxamenoi \). Aorist middle participle of \arch “\, but the nominative plural with no syntactical connection (an anacoluthon ). rwp @Luke:24:49 @{Until ye be clothed } (\he “s hou endus ˆsthe \). First aorist middle subjunctive of \endu “\ or \endun “\. It is an old verb for putting on a garment . It is here the indirect middle , put on yourselves power from on high as a garment . They are to wait till this experience comes to them . This is "the promise of the Father ." It is an old metaphor in Homer , Aristophanes , Plutarch , and Paul uses it often .

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