The door is carefully unbarred, they enter, and Another, unseen, enters with them. Then the door is again fastened, to keep out spies. The travelers find all in surprised excitement. Then the two travelers, panting with the haste with which they have made their journey, tell the wondrous story of how Jesus has appeared to them. They have just ended, and some are saying that they cannot believe it, for it is too good to be true, when behold, another Person stands before them.
Every eye is fastened upon the stranger.
No one has knocked for entrance. No Page 803 footstep has been heard. The disciples are startled, and wonder what it means. Then they hear a voice which is no other than the voice of their Master. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.