The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson I'm the International Series
for April II. 19O1-The walk
to Emmaus.

| Dy II. ". Len1nRtOn.I
! THE LESSON TEXT.
| Luke 24:13-15)
49, And. behold, two of them went that
same day to village called Emmaus.
| which was from Jerusalem about three
| score furlongs.
IA. And they talked together of all these
things which had happened.
is. Ard it came to ass. that. while they
commuDed together and reasoned, Jesus
Himself drew near, and went with them
16. But their eyes were holden that they
| should not know Him.
| II. And He said unto them, What man.
| ner of communications are these that We
have one to another. as ye walk. and are
| sad?
| IS. And the one of them, whose name was
Cleopas, answering said unto Him, Art
| thou only stranger In Jerusalem, and
hast not known the things which are
| come to pass there in these days?
10. And He said unto them. What things7
And they said unto Him, Concerning
Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and
all the people:
20. And how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered Him to be condemned to
DEATH and have crucifled Him.
2l But we trusted that It had been He
which should have redeemed Israel; and
beside all this. to-day is the third day
| since these things were done.
e. Yea. and certain women also of our
company made us astonished, which were
early at the sepulcher:
S And when they found not His body,
they came, saying. that they had also seen
vision of angels, which said that He was
alive.
"a. And certain of them which were
with us went to the sepulcher. and found
1t even so as the women had said; but
Him they saw not.
70 Then He said unto them, o fools. and
slow of heart to believe all that the proph-
cts have spoken:
g. Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things. and to enter into His glory?
~. And beginning ut Moses and all the
prophets, He expounded unto them in all
the Scriptures the things concerning Him
self.
B. And they drew nigh unto the village
Whltner they went; and He made as
tnough He would have gone further.
o. But the constrained Him, saying
Abide with us; for it is toward evening.
and the day is far spent. And He went in
to tarry with them.
30. And 1t came to pass, as He sat at
meat with them. He took bread. and
blessed 1t. and brake. and gave to them.
81. And their eyes were opend, and they
knew Him; and He vanished out of their
sight.
32 And they said one to another: Did
not our heart burn within US. while He
TAXED with us by the way, and while He
opened to us the Scriptures?
~. And they rose UP the same hour and
returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that
were with them,
"a. Saying, The Lord is risen indeed and
hath appeared to Simon.
80. And they told what things were done
In the way, and how He was known of
them In breaking OF bread.
GOLDEN TExT,-Did not our hearts
burn within us, while he talked with
us by the wayf-Luke 24:32.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Following is q brief outline OF
analysis Of the lesson text:
Two Disciples Walking to Emmaus. ". 1s-1.
Stranger Walks with Them. 1924
Some Prophecies Explained. ..V 25-o7
Jesus Makes Himself Known...v. 2s-2l
Inc Two Return to Jerusalem......v 1926
Two Disciples Return to Jerusalem.
Jesus appearance to two disciples
on the way to Emmaus occurred on the
same day upon which He rose from the
dead, or the first Easter Sunday. The
two disciples were taking an after
noon walk. These were not two of the
twelve apostles. One of them we are
told was Cleopas, the other we know
nothing of but that he had become a
follower of Jesus Christ. Emmaus
was village, the exact location of
which we do not know. "Threescore
furlongs' ". 13) would bring it with
IN radius of seven or eight miles of
Jerusalem. Their conversation con-
cerneh Jesus, His wonderful life, the
crucitiNion, burial and reported resur-
rection.
a Stranger Walks with Them.-On
the way Jesus met them and walked
with them. but the disciples knew
| Him not. Mark 1912 says that "He
appeared in another form" His dress
also probably was slightly different
| than He had before been seen in. A
third reason He was not known was
| Purposely changed manner, for He
evidently wished to talk with them as
a stranger.
Some Prophecies Explained.-After
Jesus had found out the subject of
their conversation, He tried to show
them that the events which had lust
taken place were not only the logical
course. but had actually been the sub
ject of prophecy. They were familiar
with the Messianic prophecies. but
they had never fully realized that the
prophet Jesus could be the same as
the magnificent temporal ruler and
deliverer they had ima~ined. (See lisa.
$50. Z; 50:6; 53:4. s; Micah 5:2; Zech.
$50; and Malachi 3:1.)
Jesus Makes Himself Known
Jesus manner of revealing Himself
was thoroughly characteristic. 1t
was through the "breaking of bread, ,"
which they had so often seen Him do,
and His accustomed "blessing."
The Two Return to Jerusalem.-
After Jesus had vanished from their
sight" the two disciples began to re-
call little incidents in the manner of
Jesus as He walked with them, famil-
| lar expressions. and, above all, the
peculiar illumination which He alone
among the teachers of the time had
thrown upon the Scriptures. So they
returned to Jerusalem to tell the
apostles that they had seen Jesus, that
"Tbe Lord is risen indeed"
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