Day 18: We had hoped

Luke 24:13-35 (OTB)

¹³That same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking with each other about all that had happened. ¹⁵While they were discussing these things, Jesus Himself approached and began walking with them; ¹⁶but their eyes were kept from recognising Him. ¹⁷He asked them, “What are these matters you are discussing as you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, answered, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹“What things?” He asked. They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. ²¹But we had hoped that He was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²²Moreover, some women among us amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning ²³and did not find His body. They came saying they had seen a vision of angels, who said He was alive. ²⁴Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described, but they did not see Him.” ²⁵He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then enter into His glory?” ²⁷And starting with Moses and all the Prophets, He clarified to them what was mentioned in all the Scriptures about Himself. ²⁸As they approached the village to which they were going, He acted as if He were going farther. ²⁹But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰While at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to share it with them. ³¹Then their eyes were opened and they recognised Him, and He vanished from their sight. ³²They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and revealed the Scriptures to us?” ³³They got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven and those with them, assembled together ³⁴and saying, “The Lord has truly risen and has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵Then the two recounted what had happened on the way, and how He was recognised by them in the breaking of the bread.