Luke chapter 24

vs 22

Wow, amazing! Oh, wait, there's more. I wonder if these two guys realised how convoluted this story sounds when they tell it all out.

vs 23

..."and yet we didn't put the whole story together, instead we just stood perplexed and wondered what was going on."

vs 24

So when they sent some trustworthy men to go and check the womens' story, they saw the same thing, although it seems sans angels.

vs 25

Yeah, go Jesus! What a great thing to say! It's either said in shock, mock, or jest. Any of those is fine with me. Although it must have been strange for a stranger to be saying these things to the disciples. How would you feel, being a disciple of Jesus for years, and then having a stranger tell you what you should already know?

vs 26

Sounds like something Jesus would say. In fact, I bet Jesus did say it. But it's easy to forget something you don't understand, or don't really want to hear.

vs 27

Best. Walk. Ever. I don't think there's ever been a Christian who wishes they weren't on the Emmaus road that day. And yet we get all of one verse concerning it.

vs 28

I don't know if we should be surprised at this sort of deception. It happens all too frequently in the OT, and yet is never really spoken against. But like I always say about fate - you might know something is meant to happen, but it won't happen till it gets done.

vs 29

So the disciples could not invite this stranger to stay with them without actually doing it, is my point. And of course they do want him to stay, because he's opened their eyes so much.

vs 30

A picture we have seen many times before of Jesus.

vs 31

So why did it happen this way? I can't say. But it is this idea of familiarity that leads some people to think that they didn't recognise Jesus because of their grief. It's possible, I guess.

vs 32

This is perhaps one of the most interesting verses of the passage. This guy, walking along the road with them, seemed to know so much about the scriptures, about the messiah. But for that, they did not recognise Jesus. This verse also makes it sound like they were listening to him, but they only really take in his words and believe them because of it being Jesus. So the person who says the words is important too. If God had just sent a stranger to say this stuff along the road, it would have been a different story.