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NASB | Luke 24:13 ¶ And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 24:13 ¶ And then, that very day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. [Mark 16:12] |
Bible Question: Has anyone in the forum been able to identify the other traveller on the Road to Emmaus with cleopas? |
Bible Answer: John Gill said: Ver. 13. And behold two of them went that same day,.... Two of the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not of the eleven apostles, for it is certain that one of them was not an apostle; but two of the seventy disciples, or of the society of the hundred and twenty that were together: one of these was Cleophas or Alphaeus, as appears from Lu 24:18 the other is, by some, thought to be Luke the Evangelist, as Theophylact on the place observes, who, out of modesty, mentions not his name; others have thought that Nathanael was the other person; and Dr. Lightfoot seems very confident, from Lu 24:34 that the Apostle Peter was the other; but it is not certain who he was: however, this very remarkable affair happened, and therefore a "behold" is prefixed to it, on the "same day"; the first day of the week; the day on which Christ rose from the dead; and the third day from his death it was, see Lu 24:1 that these two disciples travelled |
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Makarios | ||
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Keith@Bromley,UK | ||
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meusing | ||
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Keith@Bromley,UK | ||
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angel1 | ||
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Emmaus |