Understanding

The Bible is not an easy book to understand.
It is filled with names and places from 2000 years ago.
Genealogies, visions, and Jewish customs add to the difficulty.

Apparently, the Bible was even tough for the disciples to understand.
"How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken" (Lk 24: 25) Jesus exclaims.
So he helped them understand the Bible by explaining what it said about him.
In verse 32 Jesus "opened the Scriptures" to them.
Finally, in verse 45 "he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures".

Jesus opens eyes to see, ears to hear, and minds to understand the Bible.
Are you learning new things about Jesus?
He's helping us understand the Scriptures.
He is alive you know.

And that's the point of Luke 24 (and the whole Bible!)