Later, in Jerusalem, Jesus met with the disciples and others apparently struggling with whether or not they could believe he had risen. Luke reports that Jesus said to this larger group, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms,” citing all three traditional sections of the Hebrew Bible. Luke goes on: “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures” (vv. 44–45). Someone
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