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The pair were on a seven-mile walk from the city to a village. They were probably scared and certainly confused about what had happened in recent days.
Then, as they walked along, a stranger appeared. Hadn’t he heard? (He must have been from another planet or something.) They told him all the events of recent days. Then he told them about the Scriptures and why everything happened as it did. After eating with them at the end of their journey, the stranger vanishes.
The stranger? It’s reportedly Jesus, the man who was crucified, died and was buried.
But how can that be? Dead men don’t reappear in the flesh, walk along the road, eat and drink.
Unless … could it be true? Are the bizarre claims of the disciples, apostles and Gospel writers that Jesus is God’s only son true? Could it possibly be true that he did not STAY dead, but came back to life and appeared to more than 500 people?
It’s either true or the greatest hoax of all time.
The full story about the Road to Emmaus is told by Luke, chapter 24, verses 13-35.
