John Gill Commentary Luke 24:44

"And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me." — Luke 24:44 (ASV)

And he said unto them, these are the words which I spoke
unto you

Or this is the substance of them, the sense and meaning of them; for what follows, we do not find any where expressed in so many words:

while I was yet with you ;
that is, whilst he was in his state of humiliation, whilst he dwelt among them, and had his abode with them; otherwise he was now with them, but not to continue with them; in a short time he was to ascend to his God, and their God, to his Father, and their Father:

that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of
Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me :
concerning his sufferings, and death, and resurrection from the dead, spoken of in (Genesis 3:15) (Isaiah 53:1–12) (Daniel 9:26) (Hosea 6:2) (Psalms 22:1–31) (Psalms 16:10) and in this he refers to what he had said to his disciples in (Matthew 16:21) (Matthew 17:22Matthew 17:23) (Matthew 20:18Matthew 20:19) and alludes to the usual distinction among the Jews of the books of the Old Testament into the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa; among which last stands the book of Psalms, and is put for the whole; a division often to be met with in both their Talmuds ^F1 , and other writings ^F2 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: T. Hieros. Shekalim, fol. 47. 3. T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 15. 1. & 18. 2. & 21. 1. Roshhashana, fol. 32. 1. Taanith, fol. 8. 1. & 16. 1. & 20. 1. & 30. 1. Megilla, fol. 21. 2. & 24. 1. Bava Bathra, fol. 8. 1. & 13. 2. & Sanhedrin, fol. 106. 1.
• F2: Zohar in Lev. fol. 39. 2.