Lukas 24:23

24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, ¹  who said he was alive.

Lukas 24:44

Jesus’ Final Commission

24:44 Then ²  he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me ³  in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms ⁴  must be fulfilled.”

[24:23]  ¹ sn The men in dazzling attire mentioned in v. 4 are identified as angels here.

[24:44]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:44]  ³ sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

[24:44]  ⁴ sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.