Analysis Of The Road To Emmaus In The Gospel Of Luke

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The Road to Emmaus is one of the first appearances of Jesus after his crucifixion. The Gospel of Luke shows us what happened during this encounter of Jesus. In this story, there were two disciples walking on the road to Emmaus. This is when the two disciples encountered Jesus. They did not know who he was and they did not realize that he was, in fact, Jesus. When talking to this man, they showed a real sadness towards the previous events within the past week. Jesus has been crucified and they did not understand why. After talking with him for a while, they persuaded the man to come and eat dinner with them. The man agreed and during the breaking of the bread, the disciples realized who this man really was. This man was Jesus. The disciples had many questions for Jesus. They didn 't understand why he had to die. Jesus quickly explained that his death has been …show more content…
God still gives mercy to sinners, though. This mercy is a characteristic of his love to us and the Kingdom of God which is discussed in chapter four of the textbook (Pennock 155). Jesus also mentioned the Ten Commandments in the movie ("Road To Emmaus Movie And Story Full HD"). The Ten Commandments instruct us how to live in God 's Kingdom (Pennock 155). Jesus ' death and resurrection are the highest points of human history. When Jesus accepted death, he accepted the desire to free humans from sin. We also have freedom in our lives along with his eternal love which is discussed in chapter five of the textbook (Pennock 192). In the video, Jesus describes how Isaiah visioned the whole story of Jesus as if it had already happened. When the disciples realized Jesus was to be resurrected on the third day, they realized this stranger was actually Jesus. The two disciples finally realized that Jesus is actually the real Messiah ("Road To Emmaus Movie And Story Full

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