Luke 24:13-35 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs.… I. THE SORROWS AND DOUBTS OF THE TWO DISCIPLES. II. THE SORROWS AND DOUBTS OF THE DISCIPLES ARE MET BY A DIVINE EXPLANATION. 1. He first rebukes their spiritual ignorance and unwillingness to believe. 2. They were, without being aware of it, mourning over the very things which formed Christ's peculiar glory and their own redemption. 3. To show this, He began at Moses, and explained in regular succession what the prophets had foretold concerning Himself. III. THE SORROWS AND DOUBTS OF THE DISCIPLES WERE LOST IN THE SUPREME JOY OF THE RISEN JESUS FULLY REVEALED. Lessons: 1. This narrative is an irrefragable proof of the reality of our Lord's resurrection. He was not an apparition nor a subjective vision. 2. God is ever near us, if we only had the spiritual vision to discern His presence. 3. To talk of Jesus and the things of the kingdom, is wise. At such seasons He draws near, and by His Spirit communes with us until our hearts burn with new hopes, and our eyes are filled with a revelation of His presence. 4. The Old Testament prophecies, inclusive of everything relating to Christ's Church, are, according to His own showing, an integral part of the Scriptures. 5. Failure to believe the Scriptures was the cause of the disciples' blindness and sorrows. 6. How precious is a Christian's company. (T. S. Doolittle, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. |
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