From 96c13c6958e5c40e472358820e29e2745f7a43e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:54:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 24:13-35 --- content/bible_journal/luke_24:13-35.md | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_24:13-35.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_24:13-35.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_24:13-35.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ffab116 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_24:13-35.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 24:13–35" +date = "2023-02-25" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk24.13-35) + +At some point during that first Resurrection Sunday, two of the disciples, a +Cleopas and one other, leave Jerusalem for the village of Emmaus. Jesus follows +them and overtakes them on the road and overhears them talking about the things +that had happened to Him over the last few days. He stops them and asks what +they are talking about, and they can't believe there's anyone who has been in +Jerusalem (as they presume Jesus has come from) who hasn't heard about the +death of Jesus. Jesus pretends not to know, so Cleopas tells how He had been +condemned by the chief priests and rulers to be crucified, how His disciples +had hoped that He was the promised Messiah who would redeem Israel, and how the +women told the story of seeing angels at the tomb but no body. + +Jesus responds by saying they don't understand the Scriptures very well, or +they would see that the Messiah would have to suffer before being glorified. He +then proceeds to explain how that is so from all the Scriptures that had been +written to that point. This is important, because it shows that God's plan from +the beginning was for Jesus to die on the cross to atone for the sins of all +who trust in Him for salvation. It wasn't a Plan B or a mid-flight adjustment +to try to fix a mistake. God is sovereign and cannot make mistakes because He +is all powerful and knows all things. + +When they get to Emmaus, Jesus appears to be heading past it, but Cleopas and +his companion ask Him to stay with them because the day is nearly done, and +they want to share a meal with Him. He agrees, and after He blesses the food +and starts to hand it to them, their eyes are opened to who He is. And then He +vanishes. It has been suggested that the reason they recognize Him at that +moment is because they could see the nail wounds in His wrist as He hands them +the food. You can imagine the sleeve of His robe pulling up as He stretches His +hand out. + +Why does Jesus suddenly disappear as soon as the disciples are allowed to +recognize Him? I think it has a lot to do with why He appeared to these two in +the first place. Certainly, they needed to be told how to read the Scriptures +more accurately, but I also think Jesus was going around and finding all the +disciples who were trying to leave Jerusalem and getting them to turn around +and head back. He eventually tells them to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy +Spirit to come upon them, which is hard to do when everyone has started going +in different directions. + +These disciples understand the implications of Jesus appearing to them and head +back to Jerusalem, probably after finishing their meal. They get back to tell +all of the other disciples what they had seen and heard, only to find out Jesus +had already appeared to Simon. + +* * * + +Let us always be quick to share the good news that You are alive today, and +that this fact has ultimate, eternal significance.