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Green's Literal Translation
Luke 24:13
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That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
And beholde, two of them went that same day to a towne which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs, called Emmaus.
Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Amma'us, which was sixty stadia from Yerushalayim.
And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, called Emmaus;
That same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a town named Emmaus. It is about seven miles from Jerusalem.
And then, that very day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem.
That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
That same day two of Jesus' disciples were going to the village of Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
That same day, two of them were going toward a village about seven miles from Yerushalayim called Amma'us,
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AND, behold, two of them in that day went to a village whose name was Emaos, and distant from Urishlem sixty stadia.
And lo, two of them, on the same day, were going to a village named Emmaus, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emaus, which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs.
And beholde, two of them went that same day to a towne called Emaus, which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlonges.
And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem.
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
And behold, on that same day, two of them were traveling to a village named Emmaus that was sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem,
That same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a town named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles [fn] from Jerusalem.
That same day two of Jesus' followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.
That same day two of His followers were going to the town of Emmaus. It was about a two-hour walk from Jerusalem.
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
And lo! two from among them, on the selfsame day, were journeying unto a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which, was Emmaus;
And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus.
And behold two of them were going on that day to a village called Emmaus, about six miles from Jerusalem.
On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] sixty furlongs.
And behold two of them were going the same day to a village called Emmaus, which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,
And lo! tweyne of hem wenten in that dai in to a castel, that was fro Jerusalem the space of sixti furlongis, bi name Emaws.
And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which [is] Emmaus,
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
And beholde two of them went that same daye to a toune which was fro Ierusalem about thre scoore for longes called Emaus:
And look, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.
And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
And behold, on that very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
And beholde, two of them wente that same daye, to a towne (which was thre score furloges from Ierusalem) whose name was called Emaus.
The same day two of them went to a village named Emmaus, which was distant about threescore furlongs from Jerusalem:
That same day two of them were walking to the village Emmaus, about seven miles out of Jerusalem. They were deep in conversation, going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their talk and questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognize who he was.
The same day, two of the cowboys who rode with Jesus were riding down the seven-mile trail from Jerusalem to Emmaus.
And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
And behold, two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
two: Luke 24:18, Mark 16:12, Mark 16:13
Emmaus: Emmaus was situated, according to the testimony both of Luke and Josephus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, that is, about seven miles and a half. It has generally been confounded with Emmaus, a city of Judah, afterwards called Nicopolis; but Reland has satisfactorily shown that they were distinct places; the latter, according to the old Itinerary of Palestine, being situated 10 miles from Lydda, and 22 miles from Jerusalem. D'Arvieux states, that going from Jerusalem to Rama, he took the right from the high road to Rama, at some little distance from Jerusalem, and "travelled a good league over rocks and flint stones, to the end of the valley of terebinthine trees," until he reached Emmaus; which "seems, by the ruins which surround it, to have been formerly larger that it was in our Saviour's time. The Christians, while masters of the Holy Land, re-established it a little, and built several churches. Emmaus was not worth the trouble of having come out of the way to see it.
Reciprocal: Matthew 9:15 - when John 6:19 - furlongs John 11:18 - fifteen furlongs
Cross-References
And the slave put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him concerning this thing.
And the slave took ten camels from his master's camels and left. And all his master's goods were in his hand. And he rose up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
And he made the camels kneel outside the city, by a well of water at the time of the evening, the time that women go out to draw.
Behold! I stand at the well of water, and when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher,
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew and filled the troughs to water their father's flocks.
Louder than the voice of the dividers between the watering places there, they shall tell of the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His leaders in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
They were going up the ascent to the city, and found young women going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer in this place?
Roll your way on Jehovah and trust in Him; and He will work.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me some to drink.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Luke 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
Luke 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 Luke 24:1 that these two disciples travelled:
to a village called Emmaus; whither they might go either to see their friends, or upon some secular affair, or to be retired from the noise of the city, and be secure from danger by their enemies; or it may be this was the place of Cleophas's abode, who, with the other disciple, was returning home after the celebration of the passover. The place whither they went is particularly mentioned, not because it was a place of note, but for the certainty of the fact. It was now but a village, having been burnt since the death of Herod the great, by the order of Varus, the Roman governors l; though it afterwards became a considerable city, if it is the same with Nicopolis, as Jerom asserts m; though that rather seems to be the Ammaus, or Chammath of Tiberias, since it was situated by the lake of Genesareth. However, it is certain, that Emmaus is reckoned, by Josephus n, one of their chief cities; and Jarchi, and Bartenora o say, it is the name of a city; and Pliny p calls it a toparchy, and says it was watered with fountains; which agrees with the account the Jews give of it q.
"R. Jochanan ben Zaccai had five disciples; all the time that he stood, or lived, they sat before him; when he departed, they went to Jabneh; and R. Eleazar ben Arach went to his wife, לאמאוס, "at Emmaus", a place of pleasant waters, and a beautiful habitation.''
It is mentioned, in company with Bethoron, and Lud, or Lydda: it is said r,
"from Bethoron, to אמאוס, "Emmaus", is the mountain; and from "Emmaus" to Lydda, the plain; and from Lydda to the sea, the valley.''
Bethoron is mentioned as near Nicopolis, by Jerom; and perhaps is the same with Betholone in Pliny: in Emmaus was a market: at least there was a butcher's market in it; hence we read of, של אמאוס
אטלים, "the shambles of Emmaus" s; mention is made of a place so called, as in:
"So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.'' (1 Maccabees 3:40)
"So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.'' (1 Maccabees 3:57)
"Now when Judas heard thereof he himself removed, and the valiant men with him, that he might smite the king's army which was at Emmaus,'' (1 Maccabees 4:3)
Another Emmaus is here meant:
which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs; or seven miles and a half; for eight furlongs make a mile. Josephus t says the same, and confirms the account of the distance of this place from Jerusalem.
l Joseph. Antiqu. l. 17. c. 12. m Epitaph. Paul. fol. 59. B. Catalog. Script. Eccl. fol. 98. B. Tom. I. & in Dan. viii. 14. Tom. V. n Antiqu. I. 14. c. 18. o In Misn. Ceritot, c. 3. sect. 7. p Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 14. q Midrash Kohelet, fol. 74. 4. r T. Hieros. Sheviith, c. 9. fol. 38. 4. s Misn. Ceritot, c. 3. sect. 7. T. Bah, Cholin, fol. 91. 2. & Maccot, fol. 14. 1. t De Bello Jud. l. 7. c. 27.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
“Two of them.” Two of the disciples. The name of one of them was “Cleopas,” Luke 24:18. Many have supposed that the other was Luke, and that he omitted his own name from modesty. Others have supposed that it was Peter. See Luk 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5. There is no evidence to guide us here. Dr. Lightfoot has shown that “Cleopas” is the same name as “Alpheus,” who was the father of the apostle James, Matthew 10:3.
Emmaus - In regard to the locality of Emmaus, it seems quite probable that it is the same village which is referred to by Josephus (“Jewish Wars,” vii. 6, Section 6), who states that, after the destruction of Jerusalem, Titus gave “Emmaus,” distant from Jerusalem threescore furlongs, to 800 of his troops, whom he had dismissed from his army, for their habitation. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. ii. p. 307, 540) regards it as the present Kuriet el ‘Aineb, which Dr. Robinson identifies with Kirjath-jearim. Of this place he says: “Kuriet el ‘Aineb itself would be the proper distance from Jerusalem, and being on the road to Jaffa, and on the dividing ridge between the plain and the mountains, the Roman emperor might have deemed it an advantageous post for a colony made up of his disbanded soldiers, who could keep in check the surrounding country. Certain it is that in these later ages the occupants of this place have controlled the whole adjacent region, and for many a generation exercised their lawless tyranny upon helpless pilgrims.
“It took just three hours’ moderate riding from Kuriet el ‘Aineb to Jerusalem: first, a long descent into Wady Hanina, which passes between it and Soba; then a similar ascent, succeeded by a very steep pass, and a very slippery path down to Kulonia. At this place are some heavy foundations of church, convent, or castle by the road-side, which may be of almost any age, and also gardens of fruit-trees, irrigated by a fountain of excellent water. Kulonia is on a hill north of the road, and appears in a fair way to become a ruin itself before long. The path then winds up a valley, and stretches over a dreary waste of bare rocks until within a mile of the city, when the view opens upon its naked ramparts and the mysterious regions toward the Dead Sea.”
Threescore furlongs - Sixty furlongs, or about seven or eight miles. It is not certain that these were apostles, but the contrary seems to be implied in Luke 24:33. See the notes at that verse. If they were not, it is probable that they were intimate disciples, who may have been much with the Saviour during the latter part of his ministry and the closing scenes of his life. But it is wholly unknown why they were going to Emmaus. It may have been that this was their native place, or that they had friends in the vicinity. They seem to have given up all for lost, and to have come to the conclusion that Jesus was not the Messiah, though they naturally conversed about it, and there were many things which they could not explain. Their Master had been crucified contrary to their expectation, their hopes dashed, their anticipation disappointed, and they were now returning in sadness, and very naturally conversed, in the way, of the things which had happened in Jerusalem.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 24:13. Behold, two of them — This long and interesting account is not mentioned by Matthew nor John, and is only glanced at by Mark, Mark 16:12-13. One of these disciples was Cleopas, Luke 24:18, and the other is supposed by many learned men, both ancient and modern, to have been Luke himself. See the sketch of his life prefixed to these notes. Some of the ancient versions have called the other disciple Ammaus and Ammaon, reading the verse thus: Behold two of them, Ammaus and Cleopas, were going in that very day to a village about sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem. But the Persian says positively that it was Luke who accompanied Cleopas. See the inscription to section 140 of this Gospel in the Polyglott. Dr. Lightfoot thinks it was Peter, and proves that Cleopas and Alpheus were one and the same person.
Threescore furlongs. — Some MSS. say 160 furlongs, but this is a mistake; for Josephus assigns the same distance to this village from Jerusalem as the evangelist does. War, b. vii. c. 6. s. 6. Αμμαους απεχει των Ἱεροσολυμων σταδιους ἑξηκοντα, Ammaus is sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem, about seven English miles and three-quarters. A stadium was about 243 yards, according to Arbuthnot.
