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The Walk to Emmaus
This chapter is based on Luke 24:13-33.
Late in the afternoon on the day of the Resurrection, two disci-
ples were on their way to Emmaus, a little town eight miles from
Jerusalem. These disciples had come to keep the Passover and were
greatly perplexed by the events that had taken place. They had heard
the news about the removal of Christ’s body and also the report
of the women who had seen the angels and had met Jesus. Now
returning home, they were talking over the scenes of the trial and
Crucifixion. Never had they been so completely discouraged.
On their journey, they were joined by a Stranger, but they were
so absorbed in their gloom that they did not observe him closely.
They continued expressing the thoughts of their hearts, discussing
the lessons Christ had given, which they seemed unable to compre-
hend. Jesus longed to comfort them. He understood the conflicting,
perplexing ideas that brought to their minds the thought, Can this
Man, who allowed Himself to be so humiliated, be the Christ? They
wept. Jesus longed to wipe away their tears and fill them with joy
and gladness. But He must first give them lessons they would never
forget.
“He said to them, ‘What kind of conversation is this that you have
with one another as you walk and are sad?’ Then the one whose name
was Cleopas answered and said to Him, ‘Are You the only stranger
in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened
there in these days?’” They told Him of their disappointment in
regard to their Master, “who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,” but “the chief priests and our rulers
delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.” With
quivering lips they added, “We were hoping that it was He who was
going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third
day since these things happened.”
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