![]() Perhaps he spoke of the servant in Isaiah who was led to slaughter, being smitten, stricken, and afflicted. Or perhaps Christ showed how Adam and Moses and the ark and David were types of himself, pointing to the second Adam who would make all things new. He probably showed them the types and shadows-perhaps the exodus from Egypt as a picture of the Christian’s departure from a different slavery, one to sin and death. He probably pointed to the law and the sacrificial system and its fulfillment in the true lamb who was slain. He might have talked about Genesis 3:15 and God’s promise to raise a seed of woman who would crush the head of the serpent for the salvation of mankind. “Beginning with Moses and the prophets,” Jesus walked these two disciples through the Scriptures. One might assume Jesus would say, “Hey, it’s me! You’ve seen all that I’ve done, and you’re still confused?”īut instead, Jesus conducted a seven-mile Bible study. They had shared with him their confusion and heartbrokenness over his death, but they could not see the big picture. Jesus walked with them for a while, but eventually turned to them and said, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe!” (24:25). When Jesus first appeared to Cleopas and his friend, they did not recognize him. They had seen him perform hundreds of miracles, they had heard him teach them and others, they had seen his love and compassion for the weak-and they were witness to his betrayal by Judas.īut now, Jesus had been crucified, and they were scared and confused: “What does this mean? Where do we go from here?” These are people who had been with Jesus for at least three years. On two different occasions during this chapter Jesus appears to his followers, first to Cleopas and his friend on the road to Emmaus, and second, to “the eleven and those who were with them gathered together” (24:33). ![]() Luke 24 is about Jesus’s resurrection, his post-resurrection interaction with his disciples, and his ascension to heaven. Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn
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