Monday, April 1, 2013

On the Road to Emmaus they met Jesus


Luke 2413:35


13That same day, two of them were going toward a village about seven miles from Yerushalayim called Amma'us,14and they were talking with each other about all the things that had happened.15As they talked and discussed, Yeshua himself came up and walked along with them,16but something kept them from recognizing him.17He asked them, "What are you talking about with each other as you walk along?" They stopped short, their faces downcast;18and one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only person staying in Yerushalayim that doesn't know the things that have been going on there the last few days?"19"What things?" he asked them. They said to him, "The things about Yeshua from Natzeret. He was a prophet and proved it by the things he did and said before God and all the people.20Our head cohanim and our leaders handed him over, so that he could be sentenced to death and executed on a stake as a criminal.21And we had hoped that he would be the one to liberate Isra'el! Besides all that, today is the third day since these things happened;22and this morning, some of the women astounded us. They were at the tomb early23and couldn't find his body, so they came back; but they also reported that they had seen a vision of angels who say he's alive!24Some of our friends went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had said, but they didn't see him."25He said to them, "Foolish people! So unwilling to put your trust in everything the prophets spoke!26Didn't the Messiah have to die like this before entering his glory?"27Then, starting with Moshe and all the prophets, he explained to them the things that can be found throughout the Tanakh concerning himself.28They approached the village where they were going. He made as if he were going on farther;29but they held him back, saying, "Stay with us, for it's almost evening, and it's getting dark." So he went in to stay with them.30As he was reclining with them at the table, he took the matzah, made the b'rakhah, broke it and handed it to them.31Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. But he became invisible to them.32They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn inside us as he spoke to us on the road, opening up the Tanakh to us?"33They got up at once, returned to Yerushalayim and found the Eleven gathered together with their friends,34saying, "It's true! The Lord has risen! Shim`on saw him!"35Then the two told what had happened on the road and how he had become known to them in the breaking of the matzah.

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Hebrews 13 (New International Version, ©2010)



Hebrews 13

Concluding Exhortations

1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. 3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."[a]

6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?"[b]

7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

18 Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders and all the Lord's people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.

25 Grace be with you all.