The Disciples of Emmaus

Abstract

The story in Luke xxiv. 13–35 of the manifestation of the risen Lord to the disciples on the road to Emmaus is relevant for the understanding of Luke as an author since it has no parallels in the New Testament, apart from the spurious ending of the Gospel of Mark. Among the apocryphal traditions too there is only a Coptic fragment of a rather recent age which contains the beginning of it; and both of these seem closely connected with the Lukan tradition. Nevertheless, it seems to me unwise to regard the whole of Luke xxiv as one unit, as has been done recently by P. Schubert. For the general impression made by the story is that it forms an independent piece which, for a time, had existed outside the Third Gospel. This impression is strengthened by an old tradition which gives us the name of the second disciple. Luke xxiv. 18 mentions, almost accidentally, Cleopas as the name of one of the disciples, but keeps silent about the other. We learn, however, from Origen that his name was Simon.

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