Expository Thoughts
on the ground, and then stopped his hand. (2 Kings 13:18.) Let us rather remember the words of David's Psalm, "Open your mouth wide and I will fill it." (Psalm. 81:10.) It is the man who puts a holy constraint on Christ in prayer, who enjoys much of Christ's manifested presence.
Notes on 24:13-35
16. They were kept from recognizing him. St. Mark says, "Jesus appeared in a different form" (16:12). This would account for the disciples not recognizing him. At the same time it is clear that in some miraculous way the eyes of the disciples were kept from seeing clearly (see 2 Kings 6:17-20).
18. The whole verse is important evidence about how well-known our Lord Jesus Christ's crucifixion was.
25. "Slow of heart to believe all the prophets have spoken!" This should be noted carefully. The disciples believed many things which the prophets had spoken; but they did not believe everything. They believed the predictions of the Messiah's glory but not of the Messiah's sufferings. Christians today too often make similar mistakes, though in a totally different direction. They believe all that the prophets say about Christ's sufferings, but not all that they say about Christ coming the second time in glory.
27. Beginning with Moses. Alford remarks, "Observe the testimony which this verse gives to the divine authority, and Christian interpretation of the Old Testament Scriptures. The denial of reference to Christ's death and glory in the Old Testament, is a denial of Christ's own teaching."