Emmaus. Emmaus is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament.
Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two of his disciples while they were walking on the road to Emmaus. Its geographical identification is not clear; several locations having been suggested throughout history.
We know only that it was connected by a road to Jerusalem; the distance given by Luke varies in different manuscripts and the figure given has been made even more ambiguous by interpretations. The place name Emmaus is relatively common in classical sources about the Levant and is usually derived through Greek and Latin from the Semitic word for warm spring, the Hebrew form of which is hamma or hammat.
In the ancient and present-day Middle East, many sites are named Hama Hamath and variations thereof. In the case of one possible candidate for Luke's Emmaus, namely modern Motza, another evolution of the name has been suggested.
Luke 24:13-35 declares that Jesus appears after his resurrection to two disciples who are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, which is described as being 60 stadia from Jerusalem. One of the disciples is named Cleopas, while his companion remains unnamed. According to the gospel, the story takes place in the evening of the day of Jesus's resurrection. The two disciples hear that the tomb of Jesus was found empty earlier that day. They are discu
Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two of his disciples while they were walking on the road to Emmaus. Its geographical identification is not clear; several locations having been suggested throughout history.
We know only that it was connected by a road to Jerusalem; the distance given by Luke varies in different manuscripts and the figure given has been made even more ambiguous by interpretations. The place name Emmaus is relatively common in classical sources about the Levant and is usually derived through Greek and Latin from the Semitic word for warm spring, the Hebrew form of which is hamma or hammat.
In the ancient and present-day Middle East, many sites are named Hama Hamath and variations thereof. In the case of one possible candidate for Luke's Emmaus, namely modern Motza, another evolution of the name has been suggested.
Luke 24:13-35 declares that Jesus appears after his resurrection to two disciples who are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, which is described as being 60 stadia from Jerusalem. One of the disciples is named Cleopas, while his companion remains unnamed. According to the gospel, the story takes place in the evening of the day of Jesus's resurrection. The two disciples hear that the tomb of Jesus was found empty earlier that day. They are discu
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