Jesus' 40 days with his disciples began in Galilee and ended near Jerusalem. Whereas Jesus'commission to the disciples in Matthew 28:16-20 was in Galilee, further discipleship occurrednear Jerusalem. This passage in Luke's account was an appearance of Jesus to his disciplesfollowing his encounter with two disciples on the road to Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.Jesus ‘opened their minds to understand the Scriptures' concerning himself. Part of the fortydays of discipleship was to illuminate the understanding of who Jesus was but alsounderstanding of the purpose of the gospel. True understanding of the Scriptures was grantedso that the disciples understood how all of redemptive history fit together. This was a gift of Godto the disciples.Furthermore, that illumination seemed to be an act of Jesus while he was present. But Jesusalso taught his disciples that he would leave so that the Helper would come. This “Helper” wouldbe the source of illumination concerning Christ and the Scriptures. The “Helper” would also bethe source of illumination of the sinner about his sin when the faithful disciples proclaimed thepromise of salvation in the name of Jesus Christ.Jesus taught the important lesson of the proclamation of the gospel by citing some of the oldtestament prophets. A key lesson Jesus taught in his discipleship of the eleven (and others ...up to 500) was the understanding of the Scriptures. It is in this lesson in Jerusalem before hisascension that the lesson from the prophets defined what the proclamation would be from thesedisciples. They were witnesses to the gospel.Here is the gospel according to Jesus and the common prophecies of Isaiah and other minorprophets