Luk 24:13-18 | JFB | STEP | 13. two of them-- One was Cleopas ( ); who the other was is mere conjecture. Emmaus-- about seven and a half miles from Jerusalem. They probably lived there and were going home after the Passover.

‏ Luke 24:13-18

Lu 24:13-35. Christ Appears to the Two Going to Emmaus.

13. two of them--One was Cleopas (Lu 24:18); who the other was is mere conjecture.

Emmaus--about seven and a half miles from Jerusalem. They probably lived there and were going home after the Passover.

14-16. communed and reasoned--exchanged views and feelings, weighing afresh all the facts, as detailed in Lu 24:18-24.

drew near--coming up behind them as from Jerusalem.

eyes holden--Partly He was "in another form" (Mr 16:12), and partly there seems to have been an operation on their own vision; though certainly, as they did not believe that He was alive, His company as a fellow traveller was the last thing they would expect,

17-24. communications, &c.--The words imply the earnest discussion that had appeared in their manner.