Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 24:45

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

He did not open their Understanding, without the Scriptures, he sends them thither, and he knew the Scriptures would not sufficiently give them a Knowledge of him, and the things of God, without th[illegible: 1 letter] Influence, and Illumination of his Spirit, they are truly taught of God, who are taught by his Spirit to understand the Scriptures. Christ gives a great Honour to the Scriptures. The Devil Cheats those Souls whom he persuades to cast away the Scriptures in Expectation of a teaching by the Spirit. The Spirit teacheth by, not without, not contrary to the Holy Scriptures.