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| − | The '''Road to Emmaus''' (pronounced " | + | The '''Road to Emmaus''' (pronounced "eh-MAY-uhs") is one of the most beautiful and piercing accounts in all of [[the Gospels]]. As set forth at [[Luke 17-24 (Translated)#24:13|Luke 24:13-35]], it describes an encounter by two disciples of [[Jesus]], only one of whom is identified (Cleopas), with an ostensible stranger who joins them on the walk. They walked together towards Emmaus, a distance of about 7 miles, until it was too dark to proceed further. |
The incident is so compelling that there have been many paintings, particularly from the [[Renaissance]], which attempt to depict it. [[Rembrandt]], for example, painted ''Christ at Emmaus'' in 1648 which is now at the [[Louvre]]. | The incident is so compelling that there have been many paintings, particularly from the [[Renaissance]], which attempt to depict it. [[Rembrandt]], for example, painted ''Christ at Emmaus'' in 1648 which is now at the [[Louvre]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:37, February 26, 2022
The Road to Emmaus (pronounced "eh-MAY-uhs") is one of the most beautiful and piercing accounts in all of the Gospels. As set forth at Luke 24:13-35, it describes an encounter by two disciples of Jesus, only one of whom is identified (Cleopas), with an ostensible stranger who joins them on the walk. They walked together towards Emmaus, a distance of about 7 miles, until it was too dark to proceed further.
The incident is so compelling that there have been many paintings, particularly from the Renaissance, which attempt to depict it. Rembrandt, for example, painted Christ at Emmaus in 1648 which is now at the Louvre.
The encounter captures perfectly the startling sensation of surprise awareness that is so difficult to describe.
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Translating Luke 24:31
English Bible translations are almost evenly divided on whether to translate as "vanish" or "disappear" the departure of Jesus from the two disciples. A third, less common but perhaps more precise, approach is to translate Luke 24:31 as "became unseen."[1]