Walking on the road to Emmaus on resurrection Sunday, Jesus rebukes two of His disciples for reading the Scriptures incorrectly: “Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things...
Stranger on the Road to Emmaus Two of Jesus’ followers were walking home from Jerusalem, a seven mile trek. A man joined them on the way. He asked them why they were sad. They responded, calling Him a stranger for not knowing what just happened in Jerusalem?” So they broke it down;...
28 They came near the town ·of Emmaus [L to which they were going], and Jesus acted as if he were going farther. 29 But they ·begged [urged] him, “Stay with us, because it is late; it is almost night.” So he went in to stay with them....
Jesus understands the way of the heart. Again and again what moved Jesus to work and to weep, to help and to heal, was a heart of compassion. At the very heart of Jesus’ good news was compassion, which literally means “to suffer together” with another person. “Do not let your he...
cleaned himself up and ran to catch up with these men walking to Emmaus just to have a conversation with them would have seemed absurd and unthinkable. Yet Jesus in his resurrected body had a little fun. It’s something you can look forward to when you get yours. He could teleport and ...
walking the path of life, following the shepherd the master’s call for us; feeling his presence on the way with him We are free to choose, to accept the offer of grace always there, always ready constantly new, arms wide open
And His former disciples are walking away. They may be on the road, but they’ve left the path of life. Faith in Jesus Christ is the path to eternal salvation. These disciples on the road to Emmaus, faithless, hopeless since the death of Jesus on Good Friday, have lost their way, th...
Jesus gave a long Bible study to disappointed disciples the day after His crucifixion as they walked to Emmaus sad and dejected. For His Bible study, Jesus used what we call the Old Testament. The topic? Jesus! A disciple named Philip once helped an Ethiopian understand about Jesus by teachi...
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned...For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty Go...
The Walk to Emmaus 13 That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles[v] from Jerusalem. 14 As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and ...