1 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:13,200 Hi everyone. Welcome back to the logical. 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,800 Bible study podcast, we're continuing to look at the 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,500 post-resurrection appearances of Jesus, as we have being in the 4 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:23,100 last few days. And as always, we want to take a 5 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:27,300 look at the text from today. And then we dive into looking an 6 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:30,200 exegesis of the literal sense of that text. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,400 Today's passage is from Luke chapter 24 verses 13 to 35. 8 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:40,500 It's a bit of a longer one. This is the road to Emmaus 9 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:45,000 story, two of the Disciples of Jesus, were on their way to a 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,700 village called Emmaus. Seven miles from Jerusalem and 11 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:51,200 they were talking together about all that it happened. 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,500 Now, as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked 13 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,000 by their side, but something prevented them from recognizing 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,300 him. He said to them, what matters 15 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:08,400 are you discussing as you walk along, they stopped short their 16 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,000 faces downcast. Then one of them called, 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,600 clearpass answered him, you must be the only person staying in 18 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,500 Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening 19 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,100 there. These last few days. 20 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,700 What things he asked all about, Jesus of Nazareth they answered 21 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,700 who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said 22 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:33,800 and did in the sight of God and of the whole people and how our 23 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,100 chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced 24 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:41,600 to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he 25 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,300 would be the one to set Israel. Free. 26 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:48,800 And this is not all two whole days have gone by, since it all 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,600 happened and some women from our group have astounded, And us, 28 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:56,300 they went to the Tomb in the early morning and when they did 29 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:59,700 not find the body, they came back to tell us that they had 30 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:02,900 seen a vision of angels who declared that he was alive. 31 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:07,000 Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 exactly as the women had reported, but of him, they saw 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,600 nothing. Then he said to them. 34 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:18,300 You foolish, man. So slow to believe the full 35 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:21,900 message of the prophets. Was it not ordained that the 36 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:24,900 Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory. 37 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,300 Then starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, 38 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:32,700 he explained to them the passages through the scriptures 39 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:37,100 that were about himself. When they drew near to the 40 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:41,400 Village to which they were going he made as if to go on, but they 41 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,200 pressed him to stay with them. It is nearly evening they said 42 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,400 and the day is almost over so he went in to stay with them. 43 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:54,100 Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and 44 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,100 said the blessing. Then he broke it and handed it 45 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:01,400 to them. And their eyes were opened and 46 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,600 they recognized him, but he had vanished from their sight, then 47 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,200 they said to each other, did not our hearts burn within us as he 48 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,900 talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us. 49 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:17,500 They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. 50 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,900 There they found the eleven assembled together with their 51 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:24,700 companions who said to them. Yes, it is true. 52 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,300 The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon. 53 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,100 Then they told their story of what had happened on the road, 54 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,400 and how they had recognized him at the breaking of the bread. 55 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:40,100 So many of you will be familiar with the road to Emmaus story. 56 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:43,400 It's often used as part of catechesis and religious 57 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,900 education as a model of what we're trying to do. 58 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:49,600 When we teach people, the scriptures is, we want to unlike 59 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,700 help them open their eyes to see things that hadn't seen before. 60 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,000 So what's the context here? It's Easter Sunday. 61 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,300 It's the day of Jesus. Resurrection already in the 62 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:01,300 morning on this day. The women have seen the vision 63 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:04,700 of Angels at the tomb and they've run back to tell the 64 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:06,500 apostles and the The other disciple. 65 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:11,000 So, we're in Jerusalem, we know from early wrong that most of 66 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 the disciples do not believe them though. 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,500 Peter and the Beloved disciple, 's they do. 68 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:18,899 They go and check it out for themselves but most of the 69 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:22,000 disciples don't believe that Jesus is resurrected. 70 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,700 So now it's probably early afternoon on Easter Sunday at 71 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:28,800 this point. And we see two of the Disciples 72 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,200 of Jesus. Now, these are not part of the 73 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,900 eleven Apostles, but the disciple. 74 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,900 So the broader group of his followers. 75 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:41,200 So these two people two disciples, they were in the room 76 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,200 when the women came in and claim that the tomb was empty, but 77 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,700 they did not believe the women either. 78 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:48,500 So they're on the way to a village called Emmaus. 79 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:52,300 And our translation says that is seven miles from Jerusalem. 80 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,400 Now, there's some debate about how far away it is because some 81 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,600 translations have this as what this basically 18 miles, some 82 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,800 manuscripts so it is 18 miles, some have it is seven miles. 83 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:10,300 We know from one Maccabees according to one Maccabees, 84 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:14,000 there is a village called Emmaus which is 18 miles from 85 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,600 Jerusalem. So probably the right 86 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:21,800 translation is 18 miles and that means today the village we've 87 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,500 identified it with today is What's called nicopolis? 88 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,400 So you can go to nicopolis today and see what we think are the 89 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,300 ruins of Emmaus. So it's 18 miles to the 90 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,100 northwest of West of Jerusalem. This is probably their Hometown. 91 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:37,000 The disciples are probably walking, they're going home from 92 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,600 Jerusalem, if it's 18 miles. Then this is certainly a few 93 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,500 hours worth of walking to get there. 94 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,900 So they're on the road they're talking together about all that 95 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:49,500 happened and we later get a summary of what all those things 96 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:52,700 are. As they talked this over. 97 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:55,000 So they're on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. 98 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:58,400 Jesus himself came up and walked by their side. 99 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,300 So, he sort of appears out of nowhere, but it's like, he kind 100 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,000 of he doesn't just miraculously appear. 101 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,400 I guess he sort of walks up behind them here, but something 102 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,100 prevented them from recognizing him or more literally. 103 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,400 The text says Their Eyes Were kept from recognizing him. 104 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:19,000 So either he's appearing in a different form. 105 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:22,200 Jesus looks different and that's why they don't It was him or 106 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,800 maybe there's some sort of Supernatural blindness and the 107 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,300 text seems to hint that, that might be the case that God has 108 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,800 supernaturally, blinded the two disciples so that they don't 109 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,400 recognize Jesus and God has done that. 110 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,700 So that later on in the story, there's a certain moment when 111 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,200 God can lift can lift the blindness at a specific moment. 112 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,800 He wants to reveal himself, Jesus does in the breaking of 113 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,100 the bread. A bit later on verse 17. 114 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:53,000 Jesus asks the disciples What matters are you discussing? 115 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,900 As he walk along? Now, Jesus already knows the 116 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:59,600 answer to this but as he often does, he wants to start the 117 00:06:59,608 --> 00:07:03,500 conversation and he wants it to lead to a teaching opportunity. 118 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,100 They stopped short their faces downcast. 119 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:10,800 So the disciples are genuinely sad and confused about what's 120 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,600 going on in their lives. At the moment Verse 18, one of 121 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:19,300 them named cleopas. Now not sure exactly who this 122 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:21,900 clearpass is. Some have suggested there's a 123 00:07:21,907 --> 00:07:25,100 woman according to John Chapter 19 Verse 25. 124 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:30,000 One of the women at the foot of the cross is called Mary, the 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 wife of clopas. So, if this clopas is the same 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,200 as this clearpass, then that Mary, and this clearpass are 127 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,700 married, but it's not entirely clear. 128 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:43,700 Whether clopas in clearpass, here are the same person. 129 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 The other disciple isn't named. So we just have the name of one 130 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,400 of them. So Cleopatra says to Jesus, you 131 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,600 must be the only person staying in Jerusalem, who does not know 132 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,000 the things that have been happening there. 133 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,100 These last few days. So lots of people were staying 134 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:03,100 in Jerusalem for the Passover and apparently by now, everyone 135 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:06,900 has heard what's been going on with Jesus verse 19. 136 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:11,600 Jesus says what things and some here, detect that, maybe Jesus 137 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,400 has a bit of a sense of humor because, of course, he knows 138 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,800 what's going on. But he says to them, what things 139 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:23,200 so clear paths now goes on to summarize, all of Jesus life and 140 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,400 everything that's been happening in the last few days and here's 141 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,700 what he says all about. Jesus of Gareth who proved he 142 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:32,400 was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the 143 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,100 sight of God and of the whole people and how our chief priests 144 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:39,200 and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and 145 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,200 had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he 146 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,200 would be the one to set Israel. Free. 147 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,000 And this is not all two whole days have gone by, since it all 148 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,600 happened, and some women from our group of astounded us, they 149 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,700 went to the Tomb in the early morning, and when they did not 150 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,500 find the body, they came back to tell us, they had seen a vision 151 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,500 of angels who declared It was alive. 152 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,500 Some of our friends, went to the tomb and found everything 153 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,300 exactly as the women have reported, but have him, they saw 154 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:07,700 nothing. So that's the summary. 155 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:11,500 They give Jesus. One particular thing to notice 156 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:15,000 in this summary is when they say our own hope had been that he 157 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,200 would be the one to set Israel free. 158 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,000 So that the disciples are suspecting that Jesus is the 159 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,400 Messiah, but in their view, as did many Jews of the time, they 160 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,200 believed the Messiah would be a political leader, who would 161 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,900 overthrow the Romans. So when they say we thought he 162 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:34,400 would be the one who had set Israel free there. 163 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,800 Thinking that Messiah would be a political ruler. 164 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,500 Who would free the Land of Israel? 165 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,900 Now the fact that they recognize that Jesus is the Messiah is the 166 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:46,300 key to understanding what Jesus says next. 167 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,200 And by the way that's the reason why they're sad is because they 168 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,000 had thought that Jesus was going to gloriously save Israel from 169 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,000 the Romans and because he didn't do that, he got killed instead 170 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 which they didn't expect, that's why they're so downcast. 171 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,500 Verse 25, Jesus says to them, you foolish men. 172 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,600 Now that might seem to be quite harsh words but they're mostly 173 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,200 words of disappointment as well. See he's disappointed that they 174 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,800 didn't understand how the Messiah was going to suffer so 175 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,100 he says to them, you are so slow to believe the full message of 176 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:21,300 the prophets, was it not ordained that the Christ should 177 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,200 suffer and so enter into his glory. 178 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,000 Notice Jesus says, you don't believe the full message of the 179 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,500 prophets so they know some of the profits but They didn't 180 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:34,400 understand the full message, so Jesus says to them and this is 181 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,800 important. He says that if they really knew 182 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,400 their Old Testament particularly the prophets, they would know 183 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,300 that the Christ or the Messiah was required to suffering in 184 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:47,600 order to become glorified. This still applies to Jews 185 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,500 today. I Think Jesus would say the same 186 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:52,700 to Jewish people today who don't believe Jesus is the Messiah. 187 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:55,900 He would say, if you knew your Old Testament, you would know 188 00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:57,500 that the Messiah is going to suffer. 189 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,900 Verse 27. Luke says, then starting with 190 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:05,200 Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them 191 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,500 the passages throughout the scriptures that were about 192 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,500 himself. So Jesus on this long road to 193 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:13,300 Emmaus, this probably takes a couple of hours. 194 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:16,700 He goes through the entire Old Testament, explaining all of the 195 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:18,900 passages which discussed the Christ. 196 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,500 The goal, he Jesus is telling them this because he wants these 197 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:26,300 two men. The two disciples to see that. 198 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:30,500 Actually it makes sense that the Messiah has to suffer That's 199 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,600 what he wants them to see. Is that really the Old 200 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,400 Testament? Says the Messiah is going to 201 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,600 suffer now that's one, Bible study. 202 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,300 That I would love to be a part of its a Bible study that Jesus 203 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:43,000 gives them. Jesus not only identifies, the 204 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,500 key Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah but apparently 205 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:49,000 he also explains them to the two people here. 206 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,900 So unfortunately, we don't have this sermon of Jesus recorded. 207 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:58,700 We don't know what passages he talks about here, but probably a 208 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:01,700 lot of the same passages that the apostles use later in the 209 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:04,400 book of Acts to prove that Jesus is the Messiah. 210 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,700 There's some from Genesis, some from Psalm, some from Isaiah. 211 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,800 So this is a long Bible study, probably would have taken a 212 00:12:10,808 --> 00:12:12,900 couple of hours until they reach Emmaus. 213 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,500 Now keep in mind the two disciples this whole time. 214 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:18,300 They don't recognize that it's Jesus. 215 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,700 There's just this guy giving them this amazing Bible study. 216 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:26,000 Verse 28, when they drew near to the Village to which they were 217 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:31,200 going he made as if to go on. So Jesus indicates that he's 218 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,000 going to keep walking verse 29 but they pressed him to stay 219 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,900 with them. So the disciples. 220 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:39,900 The two men have probably probably become quite 221 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:43,200 enlightened by this man from his knowledge of the scriptures and 222 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,100 they want to stay with him. In fact, the Greek here suggests 223 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:49,000 that it they strongly insisted that he stay. 224 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:52,700 They say it is nearly evening and the day is day is almost 225 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:55,100 over. So probably it's about 5 p.m. or 226 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:59,600 6 p.m. now. So he went in to stay with them. 227 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:04,000 So Jesus agrees to stay with the two men probably at their home 228 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,500 in Emmaus. Verse 30 now while he was with 229 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,300 them at table. So they're having dinner, he 230 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:14,200 took the bread and said the blessing. 231 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,300 Then he broke it and handed it to them. 232 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,300 Now, this process was fairly normal. 233 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:23,800 Bread was a normal part of the meal for Jews and it's customary 234 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,900 for someone, although usually it was the host. 235 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:27,900 Jesus makes himself the host here. 236 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,900 Usually, that person would bless and break the bread. 237 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,200 There's nothing particularly unusual about that except verse 238 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,300 31. Their eyes were opened And now, 239 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:39,100 that's a reversal of what happened earlier. 240 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:41,600 Remember, their eyes were prevented from recognizing Jesus 241 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,900 earlier, but now their eyes are opened. 242 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:49,000 So they do recognize Jesus. Apparently there's something 243 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,300 special about the way, he breaks the bread or that he hands out 244 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:54,700 the bread because as soon as he does it, they immediately 245 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:58,500 recognized him. Probably what's going on here. 246 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:02,500 It's not 100% clear but probably Jesus does this in such a way 247 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,400 that it's recalling, the Eucharist. 248 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,000 It makes them think about the Eucharist that had instituted 249 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,200 three nights earlier on, Holy Thursday. 250 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,700 And there's also strong Echoes here from the language of the 251 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:18,400 feeding of the five thousand. If you go to Luke 9, Yeah, the 252 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,900 feeding of the 5,000 users, very similar language about 253 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:24,700 Distributing the bread, but he had vanished from their sight. 254 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:27,300 So as soon as they recognized him, Jesus miraculously 255 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:29,900 disappears one moment. His there. 256 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:33,300 The next moment, he's not there, and we see that with a lot of 257 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:35,800 Jesus post-resurrection, appearances, you just seems to 258 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,500 appear and disappear at will. That's something his new 259 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:42,600 resurrected body gives him the ability to do. 260 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Verse 32, the two disciples say to each other. 261 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,100 Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the 262 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:54,000 road and explained the scriptures to us. 263 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,600 So while he'd been explaining the scriptures, they had felt 264 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,700 that there was something special about this man. 265 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,500 Maybe when they say God their hearts were burning, maybe that 266 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,300 was God's grace. Prompting them. 267 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,100 But they couldn't quite put their finger on what was going 268 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,700 on but now they work it out, that was Jesus the whole time. 269 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,600 So verse 33, they set out that instant and returned to 270 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,800 Jerusalem. Now it's quite dark at this 271 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,800 point. We know it's evening if they 272 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,000 leave a mayor said, around 6:30 p.m. and if it's 18 miles, it's 273 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,500 a few our journey. So they might not get into 274 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:32,900 Jerusalem until 9:30 p.m. 10 p.m. something like that. 275 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:37,400 So they get there late at night. And they find the 11 assembled 276 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,100 together. So they go to Jerusalem and 277 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:43,500 they're in a room somewhere in Jerusalem, it says 11. 278 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,400 But in fact, there's only ten Apostles here. 279 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:50,000 So, because Thomas is not here. As we discover later, the 11 is 280 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,800 just a general word, that's used to describe the group of the 281 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,000 Apostles. So the 10 Apostles are in here 282 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,300 plus some other companions, or other translations, have it as 283 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:03,000 those who are with them. So there's other disciples in 284 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,300 the room with the apostles. Verse 34. 285 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,800 They say yes it is true. The Lord has risen and appeared 286 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:17,500 to Simon. now, that's interesting because Before they 287 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:21,100 left before they left for Emmaus in the early afternoon, the 288 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:24,000 apostles and the disciples didn't believe Jesus had 289 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,000 resurrected. But by the time they get back in 290 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 the evening, they've changed their mind. 291 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,700 Something has happened to them, and they now do believe Jesus is 292 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,400 resurrected and we find out what that thing is. 293 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:35,900 Why have they changed their mind? 294 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:40,300 It's because, as they say here, the Lord has appeared to Simon. 295 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,900 So this appearance where the Jesus appears to Simon is not 296 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:48,000 narrated in any of the Gospels. But it's the fourth appearance 297 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,600 of Jesus. So the third appearance would be 298 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,900 the one we're looking at here, which is the on the road to 299 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:59,400 Emmaus. That's the third appearance and 300 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,600 then the fourth appearance is this 1 to 2 Peter and we get a 301 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,400 little more information about it from Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 302 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,500 verse 5 he mentions this appearance Why does Jesus 303 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:14,000 appeared to Peter first and not the whole Apostles? 304 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:18,700 Probably because Peter is the leader and he wants Peter to 305 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:21,500 take up the leadership and to tell the other disciples that 306 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:25,599 it's real, that Jesus has really resurrected and that fulfills 307 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:28,600 Jesus command that he gave earlier and Luke chapter 22. 308 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Remember when he said to Peter, when you return, you must 309 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,500 strengthen the others after turning back. 310 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,000 And that's what Peter does here. He sees the Lord. 311 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,700 He runs back to the other Apostles and says it's real. 312 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,100 And so, by the time, these two disciples get back from Emmaus, 313 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,500 the apostles believe it's real. Verse 35, the disciples told 314 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,500 their story of what had happened on the road and how they had 315 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:53,900 recognized, Jesus at the breaking of the bread. 316 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,800 So they tell the eleven what they experienced and notice they 317 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,100 say clearly we recognize Jesus at the breaking of the bread. 318 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:05,700 So, some have thought that the reason they wrecked the two 319 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:09,200 disciples recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread is because 320 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,500 maybe he still has his holes in his hands. 321 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,200 And they see the holes when he lifts it up. 322 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,700 I think that's pretty unlikely. I think the text would tell us 323 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:20,000 if that was the case, it's much more likely that what they 324 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,500 recognize the reason they recognize Jesus is because they 325 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:27,000 sense that he's doing a Eucharistic celebration with 326 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,100 them and we'll talk more about this in tomorrow's episode. 327 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:35,000 Because tomorrow's episode, we pick up Up at this very same 328 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:41,800 verse for a in tomorrow is our gospel really start at verse 35. 329 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:45,100 So, we'll look then at what it means to say that they recognize 330 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,600 Jesus at the breaking of the bread. 331 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,300 So, let's take a look at some catechism references. 332 00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:54,900 How does the Catholic Church understand this passage? 333 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,400 How does it inform their teaching? 334 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:00,400 Well, there's a whole heap of there's about 25 different, 335 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,900 catechism references to this, passage from Luke chapter 24 and 336 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:06,700 a lot of them are very similar to other ones. 337 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:09,100 We've looked at in recent days about the meaning of Jesus. 338 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:11,500 Resurrection. So we just want to look at some 339 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:14,100 of the ones that are really striking in terms of the 340 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,900 language. They use ones that really 341 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:20,700 clearly refer to what goes on. In this passage so paragraph. 342 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:26,100 1094 it says on this, the harmony of the two Testaments 343 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:30,200 rests, that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built 344 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:33,300 and then that of the Apostles and the fathers of the church, 345 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:37,000 this catechesis unveils what lay hidden under the letter of the 346 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,300 Old Testament. The mystery of Christ it is 347 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:44,000 called typological because it reveals the newness of Christ on 348 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,400 the basis of the figures or types, which announced him in 349 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,000 the Deeds were And symbols of the first Covenant by this 350 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,600 rereading in the spirit of Truth. 351 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,600 Starting from Christ, the figures are unveiled. 352 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,300 So here the Catholic Church teaches that in order to 353 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:03,500 understand the Old Testament, we need to see it in the Light of 354 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:06,300 Christ and that's exactly what Jesus says In this passage on 355 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:09,500 the road to Emmaus. He explains to them how the Old 356 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:13,900 Testament, All Points towards Christ paragraph. 1347 is a 357 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:17,500 discussion about how the mass has changed or rather hasn't 358 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,200 changed throughout the ages. It says, is this not the same 359 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,100 movement as the Paschal meal of the Risen Jesus with his 360 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:27,400 disciples walking with them. He explained the scriptures, 361 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:31,000 Through them sitting with them at table, he took bread blessed 362 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,500 it and broke it and gave it to them. 363 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,600 So essentially the church teaches here, the on the road, 364 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,000 to Emmaus, Jesus, first, explained the scriptures through 365 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,700 them. And then he did a Eucharistic 366 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:43,800 meal with them, which is the same format of the mass we have 367 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,700 today. It's the format that Jesus gave 368 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:49,600 us Paragraph. There's some other references in 369 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,400 here to the Eucharist as well, because of the breaking of the 370 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,600 bread. And I'll include that in the 371 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,500 show notes and about Jesus glorified body, and then we get 372 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:01,500 to paragraph, 6, 43, which is about the appearances of Jesus, 373 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:04,000 and there's quite a clear reference here to Luke chapter 374 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 24. It says, given all these 375 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,400 testimonies Christ's Resurrection cannot be 376 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,200 interpreted as something outside the physical order and it is 377 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,900 impossible not to acknowledge it as a historical fact. 378 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:20,800 Is clear from the facts that the disciples Faith was drastically. 379 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,500 Put to the test by their masters passion and Death on the cross, 380 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,000 which he had foretold the shock provoked by the passion, was so 381 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,300 great that at least some of the disciples did not at once 382 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:35,800 believed in the news of the Resurrection for far from, 383 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,000 showing us a community sees, by mystical exaltation, the gospels 384 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 present us with disciples demoralized looking sad and 385 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,400 frightened for they had not believe the Women returning from 386 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,400 the tomb and had regarded their words as an idle tale. 387 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,900 When Jesus reveals himself to the 11 on Easter evening, he 388 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:58,700 upbraided them for their unbelief and Hardness of Heart 389 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000 because they had not believed those who saw him after he had 390 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,500 risen. So, that's a summary of 391 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,900 everything that takes place here on Easter Sunday. 392 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,500 And notice, I think this is really striking paragraph. 393 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:11,800 What? The Catholic Church teaches 394 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,800 there, right at the start at paragraph, it says, it is 395 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,500 impossible. Not to acknowledge the 396 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:20,600 resurrection as As a historical fact, we don't talk about that 397 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,400 enough. That is the church's teaching. 398 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:27,300 Paragraph, 43, 9 talks about the role of Messiah, and common 399 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,500 views about the Messiah at the time of Jesus. 400 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,700 Paragraph 601, says, signing a confession of Fate that he 401 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:37,700 himself received st. Paul professes. 402 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:40,800 That Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures 403 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,700 in particular. Jesus. 404 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:45,700 Redemptive death fulfills Isaiah's prophecy of the 405 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:49,300 suffering servant. Indeed Jesus himself explained 406 00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,900 the meaning of his life and death in the light of God's 407 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:55,700 suffering servant. after his resurrection, he gave this 408 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:59,800 interpretation of the scriptures to the disciples at Emmaus and 409 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:06,100 then to the apostles Paragraph 572 is in the section about 410 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:08,900 Jesus Christ, suffered under Pontius Pilate, so it's a 411 00:23:08,908 --> 00:23:12,000 commentary on the Creed. And it says, this the church 412 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 remains faithful to the interpretation of all the 413 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,300 scriptures that Jesus gave both before. 414 00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:21,600 And after his Passover was it not necessary that the Christ 415 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,000 should suffer these things and enter into his glory. 416 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,100 So there you hear that quote from Luke chapter 24, And then 417 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:33,800 the last one will look at today is paragraph 6 41, which is in 418 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,400 the section again about the appearances after Jesus 419 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,100 resurrection it says, thus the women were the first messengers 420 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,900 of Christ's Resurrection for the apostles themselves. 421 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:50,400 They were the next to whom Jesus appears first Peter, then the 12 422 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,000 Peter had been called to strengthen the faith of his 423 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,500 brothers. And so the sees the Risen one 424 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:59,400 before them it is on the basis of his See that the community 425 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,100 exclaims, the Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to 426 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,100 Simon. So remember here in Luke chapter 427 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:10,700 24 that we hear about this appearance of Jesus to Peter, 428 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:14,000 and that's what gets narrated in paragraph 6 for one of the 429 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,500 catechism. So all of these 430 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:19,300 post-resurrection appearances, greatly inform the Catholic 431 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:21,000 faith. And there's so many catechism 432 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,700 references because we need to understand what the resurrection 433 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,700 means. And so the catechism spends a 434 00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:30,000 lot of time. I'm trying help Catholics 435 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,100 understand what the significance of it is and the things that 436 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,500 Jesus says like on the road to Emmaus. 437 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,800 That's the end of today's podcast. 438 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,100 I hope you learned something new. 439 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:43,000 Please consider becoming a patron of the podcast. 440 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,200 There's lots of amazing bonus resources available to you. 441 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,600 If you do consider becoming a financial sponsor sponsor of the 442 00:24:50,608 --> 00:24:53,600 podcast, there's a couple of bonus episodes that are already 443 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:58,000 up and available for you, so please consider doing that and 444 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 continue to share the podcast around. 445 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:03,600 I would be very grateful. 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