On the Road to Emmaus 13Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a]from Jerusalem.14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.15As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and ...
On the Road to Emmaus 13Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a]from Jerusalem.14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.15As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came...
Because: Don’t be ridiculous – of course the Messiah had to suffer (v.26). Still, it’s so hard for us to understandwhy bad things happen to good people. We get stuck on theWHY.The disciples on the Road to Emmaus got stuck on theWHY. Have you ever gotten stuck on “WHY?” A...
He also wondrously reaffirmed His Divinity in His Resurrection, that He was not just a “prophet mighty in deed” (Luke 24:19) as the disciples on the Road to Emmaus referred to Him. Before we get to the nature of our Resurrection, I’d like to take a few moments to go over ...
. Reference to this incident on the road to Emmaus, and the request that the Lord “abide” with us, is found in (3). They constrained Him [Christ], saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them. ...
Perhaps in October 1988, sindonologists were like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, thrown into disarray and confusion over the results of the 1988 C-14 testing. It is now almost 8 years since the announcements of those results, and it seems clear that our perspectives are different now...
Scripture: Luke 24:13-27,John 1:1 Revelation is a book that reveals Jesus Christ. We understand the prophecies of this book is through other Bible verses that "unlock" the code of Revelation. The story of Jesus walking with two disciples on the road to Emmaus opens our understanding of...
Robert Zund, “Road to Emmaus,” 1877 Another wonderful scripture is Luke 24, which illustrates how Jesus takes the initiative even when we’re not in a good spiritual “place”. The two downcast fellows walked from Jerusalem to Emmaus, discouraged and grieving that Jesus was gone. Jesus appe...
Some disciples were walking along the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus, depressed and discouraged (Luke 24). Jesus was the one they had counted on to rescue them from oppression. Now he was dead. There were rumors of resurrection, but who knows? Then, by the end of the chapter, they realiz...
In Luke’s story, the two Jesus followers who walk with a stranger to Emmaus don’t recognize that it is Jesus who walks with them until—what? They break bread together. And more than that. “Jesus would have gone on,” the text says, “but they begged him to stay the night with...