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Emmaus
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Em'ma-us or Emma'us. (warm baths). The village to which the two disciples were going when our Lord appeared to them on the way, on the day of his resurrection. Luke 24:13. Luke makes its distance from Jerusalem, sixty stadia, (Authorized Version, "threescore furlongs"), or about 7 1/2 miles; and Josephus mentions, "a village called Emmaus," at the same distance. The site of Emmaus remains yet to be identified.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Emmaus'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/e/emmaus.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Emmaus'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/e/emmaus.html. 1901.
