Luke 24:29

Luke 24:29. And they constrained him, by urgent entreaty. The ground of their conduct is found in Luke 24:32.

Abide with us. Emmaus may, or may not, have been their home, but they certainly felt themselves at home in the village.

For it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. The repetition of the same thought is an indication of their urgency. The time was probably shortly before sunset, since the latter phrase seems to refer to the declining sun, and they returned to Jerusalem that evening. They probably walked slowly out from the city and hastened back.