The Scriptures Opened

[44] And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. [45] Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, [46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: [47] And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. [48] And ye are witnesses of these things. [49] And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

• Deafness

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

• Innumerable
• Angel
• Chariot

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

• Angel
• Angel

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

• Gates

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

• Vision

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.