Biblical Concept: Emmaus Disciples and Bible Doctrine

Luke 24:13-27 ¹³ And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ And it came about that while they were conversing and discussing, Jesus Himself approached, and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ And one of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?" ¹⁹ And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² "But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. ²⁴ "And some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see." ²⁵ And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" ²⁷ And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Findings:

1. The resurrected Jesus taught the Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Time was short. He was going home. He taught in a manner to have maximum impact in a short

amount of time.

3. He taught in a manner to have maximum focus on the right thing. The Doctrine of the Lord Jesus

Christ was the right topic, the right focus, the right time.

4. Jesus does it again with the Eleven and Companions in Luke 24:44 – “Now He said to them, "These

are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me

in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."

5. The Emmaus Disciples got the Doctrine twice! And this time they got it with this special help: Luke

24:45 “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.”

6. I speculate that beginning with the Emmaus Disciples and then with the Eleven and their Companions,

they started the first Theological Concordances, recording the places where Jesus was found in the

Old Testament. I speculate they kept doing this until Pentecost and the permanent indwelling of the

Holy Spirit. Luke 24:49 "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you

are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." I would have been studying hard.

7. The events recorded in Acts 1 suggest my Theological speculation is probably wrong.

8. Why did Jesus appear to the Emmaus Disciples? They had positive volition to Bible Doctrine - Luke

24:32 ‘And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to

us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?"’

9. No more parables, no more Kingdom offers for a hyper religious audience. A Doctrinal presentation of

The Christ in the Word of God is the hermeneutic!

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