Road To Emmaus

On the first day of the week, Sunday, the day that Jesus rose from the grave, He made several appearances. He first appeared to Mary Magdalene then to “the other women” who went with Mary to tell the disciples. Then Peter and John both ran to the tomb and found it empty. Jesus later appeared at other times over a period of 40 days. However, on that Sunday, the day He rose, He joined two men as they were walking, returning from Jerusalem to their small town of Emmaus, some 7 miles outside of Jerusalem. Not knowing that it was Jesus, these two men heard the risen Savior explain “why the Christ, the Messiah, should have “suffered these things and to enter into His Glory”. Luke’s account of this conversation only tells us that Jesus then began with Moses and all the prophets and began to “expound” to them, all scripture concerning Himself. We are not told the precise scriptures that Jesus referred to on that day. However, we have God’s word, the Bible, at our fingertips. So today, we will attempt to search for these very scriptures of which Jesus, “expounded” to these two men on the “Road to Emmaus”