44 He told them, “These are my wordsah that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,ai and the Psalmsaj must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their mindsak to understandal the Scriptures. 46 He also said to them, “This is what is written:E The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day,am