New TestamentBeginner II · Story 14Luke 24:13-35

The Road to Emmaus

Two disciples go to Emmaus, and Jesus walks with them, but they do not know him. They tell him about Jesus, and he explains the Scriptures to them. At the table he breaks the bread, and then he vanishes out of their sight. The two go back to Jerusalem and tell the eleven what happened.

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Three men in long plain robes walk together on a road toward a small village in the evening light

The words in this story

10 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.

prophet
a person who speaks to people for God
noun
sight
what you can see; ‘out of their sight’ means where they could not see him any more
noun
concern
to be about someone or something
verb
mighty
very strong and powerful
adjective
since
from the time when something happened; ‘the third day since’ counts the days from that time
conjunction
happen
to take place, as an event does
verb
far
a long way from here; ‘further’ means a longer way
adverb
burn
to be on fire; said of a heart, it means to feel something very strongly
verb
within
inside something
preposition
appear
to be seen where people could not see you before; ‘appeared to Simon’ means was seen by Simon
verb

What you'll discover

The moments of the story, in the order they happen.

Two disciples go to Emmaus, and Jesus comes near and walks with them, but they do not know him.
They tell the stranger about Jesus, and the stranger explains the Scriptures to them.
At the table Jesus takes the bread, gives thanks and breaks it, and then he vanishes.
The two go back to Jerusalem, find the eleven and tell how they knew Jesus when he broke the bread.

Original verse

The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.

Luke 24:29 · WEB

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

Context

One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.

Who

Who were the two on the road? The Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 24:13 call them two of Jesus’ followers and say that Jesus had many disciples in addition to the Twelve.

Source: Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0

What a story looks like

First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.

The story · 23 sentences, with the meaning of each word on tap, 3 quick questions about the story
4 lessons · a piece of the story, a tip and exercises in each one
The original verse · the Bible text, unadapted, then the next story

Questions about this story

Which Bible passage is this story from?

Luke 24:13-35, in the World English Bible: from two disciples on the way to a village named Emmaus to their return to Jerusalem.

Where were the two going?

Luke 24:13 says that two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

Who walked with them?

Luke 24:15 says that Jesus himself came near and went with them. Luke 24:16 says that their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

What did the two ask when they came near the village?

Luke 24:29 says that they urged Jesus, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.”

What did Jesus do at the table?

Luke 24:30 says that he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.

What did the two say about their hearts?

Luke 24:32 says that they said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”

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