Luke 24:13-35<\/p>\n

After the women and Peter had seen the empty tomb, two followers were traveling to Emmaus, about 7 miles away from Jerusalem. The were talking about everything that had happened, and they must have disagreed about something because they started arguing. The subject of debate is tantalizing, but irrelevant.<\/p>\n

Jesus came up to them. They didn’t know Him at first, which probably kept them from feeling ashamed. He asked what the argument was about. This seems to have cooled the anger they felt because they felt discouraged.<\/p>\n

The spokesman, Cleopas, asked Jesus if He was the only visitor that didn’t know what went on the past week. Jesus asked them what happened. To slightly modernize it:<\/p>\n

Where have you been for the past week? People who are just in town for the Passover even know what went down. The Man we thought was the Messiah was arrested and sentenced to death. He was supposed to be the One that would free us. It’s been three days since that happened and we just heard from some women this morning that His body is gone. A few others went and checked; His body is gone. But no one has seen Him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus, never caught off guard by our pigheadedness, tells them about the unwise way in which they are slow to believe the prophecies. He then starts at Moses and goes through what the prophets said concerning Himself.<\/p>\n

The three of them get close to Emmaus, and Jesus acts like He is going to continue walking. They urge Him to stay, since it is so late. A little irony here: they are urging the One that invites us to rest to take a load off. Jesus agrees.<\/p>\n

They go into eat, and Jesus took and blessed the bread, then broke it. When He gave it to them, they realized Who they were talking to, and Jesus disappeared. They also realized that hearing Him stirred something in their hearts, but they were slow on that tidbit, too.<\/p>\n

Instead of waiting, they immediately go back to Jerusalem and tell the disciples what they had just experienced.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I’m reaching here, but I notice that the two had to stop talking, and fellowship with Jesus before they knew Him. All the cares were put aside, and they were able to set the sight on Jesus alone. Looks like that would catch on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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