VERY EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. Sunday has been called the "Lord's Day" since then, because Jesus raised from death on Sunday. The women _"saw the grave and how Jesus' body was placed in it"_ on Friday, had _"prepared the spices and ointments for his body"_ following the Jewish custom, and _"on the Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO OF THEM WERE GOING. Only Luke tells this in detail. Cleopas was one of the two (Luke 24:18). EMMAUS. Six or eight miles west of Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THEY TALKED AND DISCUSSED. About Jesus and his death. JESUS HIMSELF DREW NEAR. Mark says Jesus appeared in a different manner (see Mark 16:12-13). They did not know who he was. When our thoughts are on Jesus, we are most likely to have him with us (see notes on Matthew 18:19-20).... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THEM, NAMED CLEOPAS. Probably the Clopas _of_ John 19:25. Compare note on Matthew 10:2-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
19-24. WHAT THINGS? Christ asks this to get them to talk about it. They give a condensed version of the recent events. WHO WAS GOING TO REDEEM ISRAEL. They had expected him to declare himself king and raise an army to drive out the Romans. Their hopes of this happening died with him. THIS IS NOW THE... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW FOOLISH YOU ARE! They knew very well what the prophets had said, and they had been with Jesus over three years, and heard him explain all these things.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS IT NOT NECESSARY? _Isaiah 53;_ Daniel 9:26_; etc._, speak about this. AND ENTER HIS GLORY. The ACT of the Cross is meant. See Luke 9:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAY WITH US. That is, stay overnight and talk some more. AND SAID THE BLESSING. Not as a guest would do, but as a host. THEIR EYES WERE OPENED. This implies their eyesight was "distorted" so that he was _unrecognizable_ to them. (See Luke 24:15.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY GOT UP AT ONCE! This kind of news would not keep! FOUND THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES. This may be the same meeting as the one in John 10:19-23. HE HAS APPEARED TO SIMON! See 1 Corinthians 15:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUDDENLY THE LORD HIMSELF STOOD AMONG THEM. They were behind locked doors (John 20:19). This implies that Jesus could "pass through" a door or wall _in his resurrection body._ FEEL ME, AND YOU WILL SEE. His body showed the marks of his suffering. Thomas spoke of this as being proof (John 20:25). THE... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE SAID TO THEM. Luke passes over an interval of weeks, between Luke 24:43-44. Christ was seen a number of times after his resurrection (see notes on Matthew 28:9). THEN HE OPENED THEIR MINDS. To help them understand. He repeats the "OBLIGATION" he placed on them in Galilee (see notes on Matthe... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN he led THEM NOT. Compare Mark 16:19-20; Acts 1:1-9. AND BLESSED THEM. The last act of our Lord on the earth, was a _blessing._ FILLED WITH GREAT JOY. Their Lord and Savior was ALIVE and had been taken up to sit on his throne! [Compare Acts 15:16-18 and notes there,] AND SPENT ALL THEIR TIME In... [ Continue Reading ]