The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-04-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for April -, I0OI-Thc Walk
to Emmaus
prepared by II. c. Lcrington.l
THE LESSON TENT.
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13. And. behold, two of them went that
same day to village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem about three
score furongs.
IA. And they talked together of all these
things which had happened.
Is. Ard 1t came to ass, that. while they
| communad together and reasoned, Jesus
| Himself drew near, and went with them.
| ls. 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 she one OF them, whose name was
| Cleopas. answering said unto Him. Art
thou only a stranger In Jerusalem. auI
hast not known the things which are
come to pass there in these days?
~. And He said unto them. What things?
And they said unto Him. Concerning
Jesus Of Nazareth. which was prophr,
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 cruciisd Him.
q. But We trusted that It had beer II.
which should have redeemed Israel: and
beside all this. to-day is the third DAY
since these things were done.
IL. Yea. and certain women also of our
company made us astonished. which were
| early at the sepulcher:
~. And when they found not His body
| they came. saying. that they had also seen
vision Of angels, which said that He wa.
alive
"a And certain OF them which were
| With US went to the sepulchsr 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:
n. Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter into His glory?
q. And beginning ut Moses and all the
prophets, He sxpounded unto them In all
self.
3 And they drew nigh unto the village.
whittier they went, and He made as
though He would have gone further
| ~ But the constrained Him, saying
Aplos with US: for II Is toward evening
and the day is far spent. And He went In
to tarry with them.
81 And 1t came to pass, as He sat at
! meat with them, He took bread. and
pressed H. and brake, and gave to them.
5l. Ana their eyes were Opend and they
knew Him; and He vanished out of their
sight
81 And they said one to another: Did
not our heart burn within us. while lie
talked with US by the way. and while He
opened to us the Scriptures
80 And they rose up the same hour. and
returned TO Jerusalem, and found the
eieVsn gathered together and them that
were with them,
- Saying. The Lord is risen indeed and
hath appeared to Simon.
S. And they told what things were done
IN the way, and how lie was known OF
tbsm In breaking OF bread
IOLDEN TENT:-Did not our henrts
burn within us. while he talked with
US - the way.-Luke 24,32.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Inc Following Is brief outline or
analysis OF the lesson text:
Two Disciples Walking to Emmaus.y, 1914
a Stranger Walks with Them.......V 1924
Some Prophecies Explained ..V o5-2,
Jesus Makes Himself Known........V. S-oI
The Two Return to Jerusalem...V 3a-B
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 Cleopss, 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 a radius Of seven or eight miles of
Jerusalem. Their conversation con.
cerned Jesus, His wonderful life. the
crucfhNion, 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
a purposely changed manner. for He
evidently wished to talk with them as
Q stranger.
Some Prophecies Explained. ed.-Aftsr
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 imagined. (See Isa.
e:6, Z; 5o:6; 1854, s; Micah 5:2; Zech.
90; and Malachi s:l.)