Who Is That Man?

Luke 24:13-53

I have wondered from time to time why the Jesus’ disciples did not recognize Him after His death. And then I tried putting myself in their shoes.

If I had been on the road with Jesus, I would have seen his miracles. I would have heard his teachings. By the way, it is interesting to note that Jesus taught the disciples how to pray…but not how to preach or teach except by using Himself as a model for them. And according to Luke, Jesus would have told me nine times about His coming death and resurrection.

Now, I ask myself, how likely I would I have been to believe what He said even though I was with Him. I doubt that I would have believed because I didn’t understand about resurrection…and I didn’t want to believe Jesus was going to be killed

Even after Jesus was crucified, people did not think that He was going to be resurrected. The women came to the tomb with spices for His body. They expected Jesus to be in the tomb. The disciples were the very first skeptics of the resurrection. The Bible says that Jesus was not recognized. Have you wondered why? I have, and I came to the conclusion that the people did not expect Jesus to appear in their midst and so in their eyes He didn’t…not until Jesus did something that they recognized for certain.

The couple on the road to Emmaus did not recognize Jesus until the time He broke bread. He was the guest, and yet He was the one who broke the bread which, I think, was contrary to the tradition of that time or this time as well. Normally, the host would break the bread and present it to the guest. But it was when He broke the bread that they recognized Him…and He vanished.

It seems to me that the disciples did not recognize Jesus after His death until He did something that “proved” that it was He. One of the fascinating parts of the gospels to me is that various gospels relate different sightings of Jesus following His crucifixion.

But the skeptics were finally convinced that Jesus truly was raised from the dead…and He ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God Almighty.

Carol

Bible Breath: It is true! / Lord has risen

Tags: Emmaus, Jesus, Luke, Resurrection