They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” (Luke 24:32). As they reached home, they began eating with Jesus, and as they recognized Him, He disappeared. Suddenly Jesus began walking with them! Unrecognized, He explained from scripture all the things that the Messiah was to suffer before entering glory. They had been with fellow believers who had been talking about the empty tomb of Jesus some of them had seen that very morning.
The Airport Road Church of Christ Loving God, loving people and bringing the two together VOLUME 50 August 13, 2023 Number 33įROM YOUR MINISTER: Among the Gospel writers, only Luke tells the story of Cleopas and his friend as they walked the seven-mile road from Jerusalem to their home in Emmaus.