Luke 24:13-35
The Walk to Emmaus
On that same day two of Jesus' followers
were going to a village named Emmaus, about 11 kilometres from Jerusalem,
and they were talking to each other about all the things that had
happened. As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked
along with them; they saw him, but somehow did not recognise him. Jesus
said to them, "What are you talking about to each other, as you walk
along?"
They stood still, with sad faces. One of
them, named Cleopas, asked him, "Are you the only visitor in
Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have been happening there these
last few days?"
"What things?" he asked.
"The things that happened to Jesus of
Nazareth," they answered. "This man was a prophet and was
considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he
said and did. Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced
to death, and he was crucified. And we had hoped that he would be the one
who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third
day since it happened. Some of the women of our group surprised us; they
went at dawn to the tomb, but could not find his body. They came back
saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive.
Some of our group went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had
said, but they did not see him."
Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish
you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! Was it
not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his
glory?" And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in
all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of
all the prophets.
As they came near the village to which they
were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther; but they held him
back, saying, "Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting
dark." So he went in to stay with them. He sat down to eat with them,
took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it
to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him, but he
disappeared from their sight. They said to each other, "Wasn't it
like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained
the Scriptures to us?"
They got up at once and went back to
Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with
the others and saying, "The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to
Simon!"
The two then explained to them what had
happened on the road, and how they had recognised the Lord when he broke
the bread.
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