Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-05
THE WALK TO EMMAUS.
LESSON X, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, DEC. 7.

Commit Verses 25, 27-tIolden Text,
Luke xiv, 3O-Commentary by Rev.
ID. NJ. Stearns.
compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
mission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
phia.l
10. "And behold, two of them went that
same day to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem about three
score furlongs." 1t was now afternoon,
and all the events of the morning had
doubtless become known to all the dis
ciples, and many more than those men
toned in the last lesson had paid a visit to
the tomb; perhaps these two among the
rest; but if so they evidently doubted still
His resurrection, for had they believed
that He actually appeared to Mary and the
other women we would think that they
would have remained about the city hop
ing to see Him for themselves So we have
before us two more unbelieving disciples,
one named Cleopas Tvs. 49, and the other
we know not. According to John xix, %,
Cleopas was husband to one of the Marys.
IA. "And they talked together of all
these things which had happened" They
would no doubt rehearse every incident,
perhaps going over the events of His arrest
and trial and crucifixion and all attendant
particular day.
Is. And it came to pass that while they
communed together and reasoned, Jesus
Himself drew near and went with them"
They spoke of Him and He came to meet
them.
16. "But their eyes were holden that they
should not know Him" When Mary saw
Him she knew not that it was Jesus, and
when the disciples who went out fishing
saw Him on the shore they knew not that
it was Jesus (John XXX, IA xxi A.. Whether
He assumed different form or appearance
on each of these occasions, or whether
Mary and the disciples knew him not, the
one because of her weeping and the Others
because of their return to their old occupa-
ton, or whether it was a blindness from
the Lord as in II Kings vi IS, does not
seem very clear in the case of Mary and the
disciples: but in the case of these two
Mark xvi, ~, says that He appeared to
them in another form.
II. "And He said unto them, What
manner of communications are these that
We have one to another, as We walk and are
sadP" He knew but He wanted them to
tell Him. as if He had said, Tell me all
about it,
IS. and one of Them whose name was
Cleopas, answering, said unto Him, Art
Thou only a stranger in Jerusalem and
hast not known the things which are come
to pass there in these days." The whole
city must have been filled with the things
which had happened during the last few
days and a man would need to be p very
lonely sojourner (as the words art thou
only a stranger" imply not to have heard
about the strange events.
10. and He said unto them, What
Al. I Al. 4
corning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a
prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people" They could not
forget nor deny that such mighty deeds
and words had been seen in Jesus as had
never been seen in any other: and, al
though contrary to all their expectations
He had been put to death, yet these facts
concerning Him were incontrovertible
20. And how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered Him to be condemned to
death, and have crucilied Him." Their
testimony corroborates exactly what Jesus
had foretold Matt xvi, 81. Now if they
had added what He also foretold just as
plainly. that He would rise again the third
day, then would they have been enlight
D.. ened and glad.
81. But we trusted that it had been HI
which should have redeemed Israel: ant
DeSlue All lnlS, lOudN Is Inc tnlTl udN SlHCt
/ these things were done" Like Zacharias
Simeon, Anna, Joseph of Arimathea anC
many others they looked for redemption
for Israel, even the kingdom of God Q4ukt
i, IS; ii, 30, IS; xiii, 81, as all the prophet!
had foretold. They looked for the king t
sit on David's throne, and even Gabriel
the last messenger from God, taught then
so to look duke i, 81, 33). But they knew
n not the way to the throne by death and res
direction.
%. Yea, and certain women also of GU
0 company made us astonished which wer
0 early at the sepulcher." If they had sale
-, "made us glad" it would have been RICH
and according to the mind of God.
%. "And when they found not His body
, they came, saying, that they had also seel
!. a vision of angels, which said that He wa
= alive" What they looked for (His body
. they saw not, but they saw the linen clothe
which had contained His body: and wha
they had not expected to see (angels) the
+ saw, and heard that which they had no
II thought to hear, that He was alive. Lif
), and not death is the topic of the Script
$ ures; or rather life through death.
70 "a. And certain of them which wer
with us went to the sepulcher, and foun
p it even so MS the women had said; but Hin
~ they saw not" The women simply foun
as He had said it would be, and as the an
gels said it was; and even though tn
g others who went saw not Himself, besse
d are those who see not and yet believe ooh
XXX, 29)
It 25. "Then He said unto them, O fool.
l. and slow of heart to believe all that til
prophets have spokenl'' If we spend niue
time on prophecy wise men may count Il
fools, but if we neglect prophecy, or an
- portion of it, Christ will count us foolish
Let us rather choose to be counted FOOLS
+, by men than by Christ
26. Ought not Christ to have suffere
these things and to enter into His gloryy
~ When Paul preached at Thessalonica h
y taught from the Scriptures that Chris
must needs have suffered and risen agai
from the dead, and that Jesus whom h
preached was indeed the Christ (Acts xvi
2, -. The Christ must suffer because il
20 EQUITY, transgression and sin must be pu
away and made an end of dan. tx, pa, an