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Luke 24:45

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Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
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  1. Acts 16:14Rank 1 from verse 45
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    14¶ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

  2. 1 John 5:20Rank 2 from verse 45
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  3. Psalms 119:18Rank 3 from verse 45
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    18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  4. 2 Corinthians 3:14–18Rank 4 from verse 45
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    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

    15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

    16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

    17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

    18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  5. Acts 26:18Rank 5 from verse 45
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    18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

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Luke 24:45

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opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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44And 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.

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

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46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

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