As soon as I started reading verse one of Luke Chapter 24, I knew that this was the verse about resurrection (Luke 24:1, The New King James Version). This is because of the mention of the women going to the tomb, days after the burial of Christ in a tomb. The beginning talks about certain women who went to the tomb of Jesus. The names are not mentioned initially, and this draws my curiosity to the rest of the chapter to see exactly who had gone to the tomb. Luke in his letter addresses Theophilus (Luke 1:3, The New King James Version), who I believe is any reader of the Gospel.
Verse 25 and 26 of chapter 24 stood out for me. This is where Jesus tells the two disciples that they are foolish and slow to believe. I expected that since they were always with Jesus, they should have been the first to believe in His resurrection. It is therefore ironical to me that the people who walked with Jesus and saw Him perform miracles never believed in His resurrection, hence called foolish. I was taken aback by the fact that Jesus stopped over in Emmaus to spend the night because it was late. I expected that since He is the Messiah, then darkness got nothing on him.
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When Luke talks about other accounts, he may be referring to other gospel books that also talk about the life of Christ like the book of Luke; Matthew and Mark to be specific. The eyewitnesses referred to here were the disciples, who experienced firsthand the life and works of Jesus. Luke’s investigation must have been from reading previous accounts as well as talking to people who may have experienced the happenings of those times. He therefore intends to pass down that information to Christians who read the bible, giving his account of the happenings of those times.
