On the Road to Emmaus is a life-application of the biblical story told in Luke 24:13-35. For more on the story-based hermeneutics detailing how to study Bible narratives, read the helpful book, Story Deep: How to Find Hidden Treasures of Meaning as You Study Bible Stories by Randal Gilmore.  

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On the Road to Emmaus

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Everyone knows that Luke names only one of the two disciples grimacing their way down the road to Emmaus with Jesus. Why is that? Is it because the unnamed disciple is a woman? Did he or she ask to be left unnamed? What if the people who shared this story with Luke just couldn’t remember the name? Or what if Luke knew that leaving the second disciple unnamed would provoke a profound literary effect?

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