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events[1] that had taken place in Jerusalem. Jesus suddenly joined them under the form of a stranger. He walked on with them, but they knew Him not [2] He asked them what these events were of which they spoke, and why they appeared so sad.
Then one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answered: “Art Thou alone[3] a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?” Then Jesus asked: “What things?” They replied: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet [4], and concerning our chief priests
- ↑ The events. About our Lord’s death, and about what Magdalen and the other women had that same day reported that they had seen.
- ↑ Knew Him not. He did not wish to make Himself known at once, so that the disciples might unrestrainedly speak out the thoughts of their hearts, and that He might instruct them. They thought that He was a pilgrim, returning home from the feast. Our Lord blinded the eyes of their body, so that He might gradually open the eyes of their soul.
- ↑ Thou alone. “Even the strangers and pilgrims in Jerusalem must have heard all about these things. Are You the only one who has heard nothing?” Their hearts were so entirely occupied with all that had taken place concerning Jesus, that they thought nobody could be thinking of anything else.
- ↑ A Prophet. “We hoped”, they said, “that it was He that should have redeemed Israel; and now besides all this, to-day is the third day” &c. They had hoped that He would prove to be the Messias, but their hopes in the Messias, like those of the rest of their people, were principally earthly. The Pharisees explained the prophecies relating to the Messias in a very one-sided way. They ignored the passages which treated of the humiliations and sufferings of the Redeemer, giving exclusive prominence to those which described His power and majesty, and even these they interpreted in a sense entirely earthly. Therefore our Lord, in His answer, emphasized : “Should you not have believed all that the prophets have said? i. e. not only what they said about His glory, but also what they said about His humiliations?”
