经文研读
Luke 24:46-48 — Christ Suffers, Rises, and Sends Witnesses
The risen Christ opens Scripture, announces that the Messiah's suffering and resurrection were foretold, and commissions the disciples as eyewitnesses of these events.
经文
- 46.又 對 他 們 說 ： 照 經 上 所 寫 的 ， 基 督 必 受 害 ， 第 三 日 從 死 裡 復 活 ，and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
- 47.並 且 人 要 奉 他 的 名 傳 悔 改 、 赦 罪 的 道 ， 從 耶 路 撒 冷 起 直 傳 到 萬 邦 。and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
- 48.你 們 就 是 這 些 事 的 見 證 。 Ye are witnesses of these things.
这段经文的意思
In verses 46-47, Jesus states that the Hebrew Scriptures had to be fulfilled in him. The pattern is two-fold: the Messiah must "suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day" (v. 46), and "repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (v. 47). Suffering is not a setback to the messianic plan but its necessary prelude, and the resurrection on the third day confirms the divine verdict upon that sacrifice. The content of the preaching is then specified: repentance and forgiveness of sins, offered in the Messiah's own name, addressed to all the nations, with Jerusalem as the starting point of a movement that will radiate outward.
Verse 48 grounds this proclamation in eyewitness testimony: "Ye are witnesses of these things" (v. 48). The disciples are not abstract teachers of doctrine but people who have personally seen the crucifixion, the empty tomb, and the risen Lord. Their authority to preach repentance and forgiveness rests on what they have witnessed. Luke has carefully built this eyewitness credential throughout chapter 24: the women at the tomb (vv. 1-10), Peter running to verify it (v. 12), the two on the Emmaus road (vv. 13-32), and the appearance to Simon (v. 34) all precede this commissioning, so that by verse 48 the audience has been shown multiple strands of corroborating testimony.
Read together, verses 46-48 form a programmatic summary of the rest of Luke-Acts. Verse 46 looks back to the cross and resurrection just narrated; verse 47 looks forward to the church's preaching mission, which Acts will narrate beginning at Jerusalem and moving "unto all the nations"; verse 48 identifies the disciples as the link between the two. Suffering-and-resurrection is the theological center; repentance-and-forgiveness is the message; eyewitnesses are the authorized agents. The verse immediately after in the passage (v. 49) attaches the empowering of these witnesses to "the promise of my Father," indicating that the testimony is not merely remembered but Spirit-given.
背景
Luke 24 narrates the discovery of the empty tomb (vv. 1-12), the encounter on the road to Emmaus (vv. 13-32), and an appearance of Jesus in Jerusalem in which he eats broiled fish to demonstrate that he is bodily present (vv. 36-43). Immediately before the target passage, Jesus tells the disciples that everything written about him "in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms" must be fulfilled, and "then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures" (vv. 44-45). Verses 46-48 are therefore the content that the opened Scriptures reveal.
Immediately after the passage, Jesus promises "the promise of my Father" and instructs the disciples to wait in the city until they are "clothed with power from on high" (v. 49). He blesses them at Bethany and is carried into heaven (vv. 50-51), and the chapter closes with the disciples "continually in the temple, blessing God" (v. 53). The eyewitness commission in verse 48 is thus the hinge between the resurrection appearances and the sending that Acts will pick up, with Jerusalem as the launch point and the Spirit as the enabling power.
常见问题
What does Luke 24:46-48 teach about the relationship between the Old Testament and Jesus?
Within the passage itself, Jesus says these events — the Messiah's suffering, resurrection on the third day, and the preaching of repentance and forgiveness — are "written" and therefore what "is written" in the Hebrew Scriptures must be fulfilled. The earlier verse in chapter 24 names the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible: "the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms." The passage presents the suffering, rising, and worldwide proclamation as the necessary content of those scriptures, not an addition to them.
Why does Luke specify "beginning from Jerusalem" in verse 47?
The verse itself states that the preaching of repentance and forgiveness is to go "unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem." The wording matches the chapter's earlier geography: the cross, empty tomb, Emmaus road, and the appearance in the room are all located in and around Jerusalem. The following verse (v. 49) reinforces this by instructing the disciples to remain in the city until they receive the promised Spirit, which Luke narrates at the opening of Acts.
In what sense are the disciples "witnesses" according to verse 48?
The verse declares, "Ye are witnesses of these things," referring back to the suffering, death, and resurrection just summarized in verses 46-47. Luke 24 has prepared this eyewitness role across the chapter: the women find the empty tomb and hear angels (vv. 1-10); Peter inspects the tomb (v. 12); the Emmaus pair recognize Jesus in the breaking of bread (vv. 13-32); Jesus appears to Simon (v. 34); and Jesus appears in the room, shows his hands and feet, and eats fish (vv. 36-43). The commission in verse 48 is the verbal authorization to declare publicly what they have personally seen.