Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
The verse records the disciples gathered in Jerusalem joyfully declaring as certain truth that the Lord is truly risen and has appeared to Simon Peter. Peter had told of his meeting with great ardor and assurance, reviving the faith and hope of brethren struggling after the women's report, and the two travelers from Emmaus then added that they had met Jesus on the road and recognized Him in the breaking of bread. While they listened, Jesus Himself stood among them, calmed their fear, invited them to handle His nail-marred hands and feet, and ate before them until doubt gave way to faith and joy. On the road He had deliberately hidden His identity until He had opened Moses and the prophets concerning Himself, so that their faith would rest not on His presence but on the unquestionable evidence of Scripture. His resurrection is the living reality around which all the faith and hope of the church center, and the joy of knowing He is alive moves His followers to tell others without delay.
Upper Room Affirmation
The saying records the disciples gathered in Jerusalem joyfully and confidently declaring as certain truth that the Lord is truly risen and has appeared to Simon Peter. They were praising God because they believed this, and their report brings thanksgiving and praise. The Emmaus disciples' encounter with the risen Christ and their recognition of Him renewed their faith, and the report of His appearances confirmed the resurrection.
The gathering took place late at night in the upper chamber where Jesus had spent the last night before His death and where the disciples had spent the Sabbath mourning for Him, to learn what had happened to His body. The two travelers from Emmaus reached Jerusalem at night through the eastern gate and found their way by the rising moon through dark, silent streets to that chamber. They found the brethren awake with no disposition to sleep because exciting events were being related among them, the door unbarred to their repeated demand, and when they entered Jesus entered with them as their unseen companion all the way. Hope and faith were struggling for ascendency in their minds as they greeted the travelers.
They had all heard the report of Mary Magdalene and the other women, but some were too hopeless to believe it. Peter had told of his meeting with the risen Lord with great ardor and assurance, and his testimony had more weight with the brethren and began to revive their faith and hope. Their greeting to the Emmaus disciples declared the resurrection as certain because Simon had seen the risen Lord. The Emmaus disciples' account of the risen Lord opened their eyes to the prophetic chain concerning Him and strengthened faith among the disciples, though some still doubted.
The two travelers then added their testimony that they had met Jesus on the road, that He had opened the Scriptures to them, and that they had recognized Him when He blessed the food at the breaking of bread. Their report added to the room's testimony that Jesus was risen and confirmed the travelers' account. The passage also recounts the risen Jesus being recognized by the two disciples at the breaking of bread and appearing to the gathered disciples in Jerusalem.
What immediately followed proved the confession true. The two told how the Lord opened their eyes and revealed the straight chain of prophecy reaching from the days of the patriarchs to that time and foreshadowing all that had transpired regarding their Saviour, which the company heard in breathless silence with some inspired to new faith and others still incredulous. Suddenly Jesus Himself stood in their midst with hands raised in blessing saying Peace be unto you, and when they were terrified supposing they had seen a spirit He calmed their troubled hearts by bidding them behold and handle His hands and feet, showing that a spirit has not flesh and bones as He has. He displayed hands and feet marred by the cruel nails and made Himself known by His voice, and while they still believed not for joy and wonder He asked for food and ate broiled fish and honeycomb before them, so that doubt and unbelief gave way to faith and joy in their risen Saviour.
Emmaus Journey and Teaching
Luke 24:34 belongs to the account of the risen Jesus meeting two despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus. He came to them as a humble traveler, of the same size as before His crucifixion with no special physical marks to identify Him, so they took Him for an ordinary traveler. Though conqueror of death, He walked with them in humility, listened to their troubles, and taught and comforted them. He understood the prophecies and came near to comfort His troubled followers, identifying Himself with His suffering and perplexed people and remaining with them in their hardest paths.
He deliberately kept His identity and true character hidden until He had interpreted the Scriptures and led them to an intelligent faith in His life, character, mission to earth, death and resurrection. He did not reveal Himself first as risen from the dead because He knew they would be so overjoyed to see Him alive again that their souls would be satisfied and they would no longer hunger for the sacred truths He wanted indelibly impressed on their minds. He wanted the truth to take firm root in their minds not because it was supported by His personal testimony and presence, but because the typical law and the prophets of the Old Testament agreeing with the facts of His life and death presented unquestionable evidence of that truth. He wanted those truths fixed in them so they could impart them to others, who would in turn spread that precious knowledge until thousands received the light given that day to the disciples journeying to Emmaus. When that work was gained He revealed Himself to them that their joy might be full, and then vanished from their sight.
Continuing after His resurrection the teaching work He did on earth, He acted as a teacher and opened to them from Moses and all the prophets the Scriptures concerning Himself. Their faith revived as He explained the prophecies concerning His suffering and glory, and while He talked with them by the way and opened the Scriptures their hearts burned within them. He bound their hearts with a holy, new, and sacred hope and joy. The same opened understanding and burning heart comes when Daniel and Revelation and the other prophecies of the Old and New Testaments are studied with prayer, as the Holy Spirit shining upon the sacred page gives light and knowledge of what is truth. Contemplating Scripture and Christ's saving work likewise fills the heart with spiritual joy, proving He is a risen and living Saviour to thank God for.
Their encounter renewed their faith and opened their eyes to the prophetic chain concerning Him. Having left Jerusalem intending to take up their old work again and hide their blighted hopes, their joy now exceeded their former despair. That same late night they forgot hunger and fatigue and left the prepared meal, hurrying back to Jerusalem to tell the sorrowing disciples of a living Saviour risen from the dead so all could rejoice together. Though there was no moon, they retraced the rough, uncertain road with light hearts, stumbling over stones and ledges and losing the track in darkness yet pressing on with fresh speed to deliver their precious message. Their tidings were such as human lips had never before proclaimed, for the fact of Christ's resurrection was to be the great truth around which all the faith and hope of the church would center. Their report of His appearances confirmed the resurrection and strengthened faith among the disciples, though some still doubted.
Resurrection Truth and Application
Christ's resurrection is a joyful living reality, the great truth around which all the faith and hope of the church center. The joy of knowing He is alive moves His followers to tell others without delay, as the Emmaus disciples returned to Jerusalem eager to share the news, confirmed by the risen Lord's appearance to Simon. The declaration that the Lord is risen indeed was made calmly and joyfully as certain truth.
It rests on abundant evidence that could not be controverted. Early on the first day of the week the tomb was found empty with only the shroud and the head napkin left, on the road to Emmaus Jesus joined two disciples and opened from Moses and all the prophets the things concerning Himself, He appeared to Simon and showed Himself to the eleven in the upper room, and the disciples saw Him and talked with Him with a body that had not decayed. This witness was a decided triumph that made of no effect the priests' hired lie that the body had been stolen, and by it Christianity was established.
The verse shows that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to save the sinful race. The Saviour suffered the penalty of death to make salvation possible, so that everyone who repents and is converted receives the gift of salvation. All who come to the Father through faith in Christ, laying hold of the Saviour by faith and following His example, receive assurance of forgiveness of sins, and through His sufferings every soul may be sanctified through belief of the truth.
Though risen from death and a conqueror of death, He remains close to His suffering, perplexed, troubled, despondent followers. He walked with the two disciples to Emmaus as a humble traveler, taken for an ordinary traveler, listened to their troubles, explained the prophecies concerning Himself, and taught, comforted and brought them comfort and hope. His resurrection did not lessen His sympathy, for He identifies Himself with His suffering people and remains with them in their hardest paths. He is just as near today to those who need His peace and life if they accept Him. Contemplating Scripture and Christ's saving work, as their hearts burned while He opened the Scriptures, likewise fills the heart with spiritual joy.
The course of the two disciples after receiving light is a model for those who claim great light concerning the church. When they had seen Jesus and talked with Him, they returned and found those whom God had led and was still leading and told them of their experience. Those claiming such light should pursue the same course, going to those chosen of God to bear a living testimony, giving evidence that the light will better qualify them to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God, and seeking counsel of those who have borne and are still bearing the truth and who have deep experience in the things of God, instead of taking a different and separate line from the church and breaking up unity.
After rising, Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples in Jerusalem and told them to remain there for a time before going to Galilee.
The verse records the disciples gathered in Jerusalem joyfully declaring as certain truth that the Lord is truly risen and has appeared to Simon Peter. Peter had told of his meeting with great ardor and assurance, reviving the faith and hope of brethren struggling after the women's report, and the two travelers from Emmaus then added that they had met Jesus on the road and recognized Him in the breaking of bread. While they listened, Jesus Himself stood among them, calmed their fear, invited them to handle His nail-marred hands and feet, and ate before them until doubt gave way to faith and joy. On the road He had deliberately hidden His identity until He had opened Moses and the prophets concerning Himself, so that their faith would rest not on His presence but on the unquestionable evidence of Scripture. His resurrection is the living reality around which all the faith and hope of the church center, and the joy of knowing He is alive moves His followers to tell others without delay.
Upper Room Affirmation
The saying records the disciples gathered in Jerusalem joyfully and confidently declaring as certain truth that the Lord is truly risen and has appeared to Simon Peter. They were praising God because they believed this, and their report brings thanksgiving and praise. The Emmaus disciples' encounter with the risen Christ and their recognition of Him renewed their faith, and the report of His appearances confirmed the resurrection.
The gathering took place late at night in the upper chamber where Jesus had spent the last night before His death and where the disciples had spent the Sabbath mourning for Him, to learn what had happened to His body. The two travelers from Emmaus reached Jerusalem at night through the eastern gate and found their way by the rising moon through dark, silent streets to that chamber. They found the brethren awake with no disposition to sleep because exciting events were being related among them, the door unbarred to their repeated demand, and when they entered Jesus entered with them as their unseen companion all the way. Hope and faith were struggling for ascendency in their minds as they greeted the travelers.
They had all heard the report of Mary Magdalene and the other women, but some were too hopeless to believe it. Peter had told of his meeting with the risen Lord with great ardor and assurance, and his testimony had more weight with the brethren and began to revive their faith and hope. Their greeting to the Emmaus disciples declared the resurrection as certain because Simon had seen the risen Lord. The Emmaus disciples' account of the risen Lord opened their eyes to the prophetic chain concerning Him and strengthened faith among the disciples, though some still doubted.
The two travelers then added their testimony that they had met Jesus on the road, that He had opened the Scriptures to them, and that they had recognized Him when He blessed the food at the breaking of bread. Their report added to the room's testimony that Jesus was risen and confirmed the travelers' account. The passage also recounts the risen Jesus being recognized by the two disciples at the breaking of bread and appearing to the gathered disciples in Jerusalem.
What immediately followed proved the confession true. The two told how the Lord opened their eyes and revealed the straight chain of prophecy reaching from the days of the patriarchs to that time and foreshadowing all that had transpired regarding their Saviour, which the company heard in breathless silence with some inspired to new faith and others still incredulous. Suddenly Jesus Himself stood in their midst with hands raised in blessing saying Peace be unto you, and when they were terrified supposing they had seen a spirit He calmed their troubled hearts by bidding them behold and handle His hands and feet, showing that a spirit has not flesh and bones as He has. He displayed hands and feet marred by the cruel nails and made Himself known by His voice, and while they still believed not for joy and wonder He asked for food and ate broiled fish and honeycomb before them, so that doubt and unbelief gave way to faith and joy in their risen Saviour.
Emmaus Journey and Teaching
Luke 24:34 belongs to the account of the risen Jesus meeting two despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus. He came to them as a humble traveler, of the same size as before His crucifixion with no special physical marks to identify Him, so they took Him for an ordinary traveler. Though conqueror of death, He walked with them in humility, listened to their troubles, and taught and comforted them. He understood the prophecies and came near to comfort His troubled followers, identifying Himself with His suffering and perplexed people and remaining with them in their hardest paths.
He deliberately kept His identity and true character hidden until He had interpreted the Scriptures and led them to an intelligent faith in His life, character, mission to earth, death and resurrection. He did not reveal Himself first as risen from the dead because He knew they would be so overjoyed to see Him alive again that their souls would be satisfied and they would no longer hunger for the sacred truths He wanted indelibly impressed on their minds. He wanted the truth to take firm root in their minds not because it was supported by His personal testimony and presence, but because the typical law and the prophets of the Old Testament agreeing with the facts of His life and death presented unquestionable evidence of that truth. He wanted those truths fixed in them so they could impart them to others, who would in turn spread that precious knowledge until thousands received the light given that day to the disciples journeying to Emmaus. When that work was gained He revealed Himself to them that their joy might be full, and then vanished from their sight.
Continuing after His resurrection the teaching work He did on earth, He acted as a teacher and opened to them from Moses and all the prophets the Scriptures concerning Himself. Their faith revived as He explained the prophecies concerning His suffering and glory, and while He talked with them by the way and opened the Scriptures their hearts burned within them. He bound their hearts with a holy, new, and sacred hope and joy. The same opened understanding and burning heart comes when Daniel and Revelation and the other prophecies of the Old and New Testaments are studied with prayer, as the Holy Spirit shining upon the sacred page gives light and knowledge of what is truth. Contemplating Scripture and Christ's saving work likewise fills the heart with spiritual joy, proving He is a risen and living Saviour to thank God for.
Their encounter renewed their faith and opened their eyes to the prophetic chain concerning Him. Having left Jerusalem intending to take up their old work again and hide their blighted hopes, their joy now exceeded their former despair. That same late night they forgot hunger and fatigue and left the prepared meal, hurrying back to Jerusalem to tell the sorrowing disciples of a living Saviour risen from the dead so all could rejoice together. Though there was no moon, they retraced the rough, uncertain road with light hearts, stumbling over stones and ledges and losing the track in darkness yet pressing on with fresh speed to deliver their precious message. Their tidings were such as human lips had never before proclaimed, for the fact of Christ's resurrection was to be the great truth around which all the faith and hope of the church would center. Their report of His appearances confirmed the resurrection and strengthened faith among the disciples, though some still doubted.
Resurrection Truth and Application
Christ's resurrection is a joyful living reality, the great truth around which all the faith and hope of the church center. The joy of knowing He is alive moves His followers to tell others without delay, as the Emmaus disciples returned to Jerusalem eager to share the news, confirmed by the risen Lord's appearance to Simon. The declaration that the Lord is risen indeed was made calmly and joyfully as certain truth.
It rests on abundant evidence that could not be controverted. Early on the first day of the week the tomb was found empty with only the shroud and the head napkin left, on the road to Emmaus Jesus joined two disciples and opened from Moses and all the prophets the things concerning Himself, He appeared to Simon and showed Himself to the eleven in the upper room, and the disciples saw Him and talked with Him with a body that had not decayed. This witness was a decided triumph that made of no effect the priests' hired lie that the body had been stolen, and by it Christianity was established.
The verse shows that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to save the sinful race. The Saviour suffered the penalty of death to make salvation possible, so that everyone who repents and is converted receives the gift of salvation. All who come to the Father through faith in Christ, laying hold of the Saviour by faith and following His example, receive assurance of forgiveness of sins, and through His sufferings every soul may be sanctified through belief of the truth.
Though risen from death and a conqueror of death, He remains close to His suffering, perplexed, troubled, despondent followers. He walked with the two disciples to Emmaus as a humble traveler, taken for an ordinary traveler, listened to their troubles, explained the prophecies concerning Himself, and taught, comforted and brought them comfort and hope. His resurrection did not lessen His sympathy, for He identifies Himself with His suffering people and remains with them in their hardest paths. He is just as near today to those who need His peace and life if they accept Him. Contemplating Scripture and Christ's saving work, as their hearts burned while He opened the Scriptures, likewise fills the heart with spiritual joy.
The course of the two disciples after receiving light is a model for those who claim great light concerning the church. When they had seen Jesus and talked with Him, they returned and found those whom God had led and was still leading and told them of their experience. Those claiming such light should pursue the same course, going to those chosen of God to bear a living testimony, giving evidence that the light will better qualify them to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God, and seeking counsel of those who have borne and are still bearing the truth and who have deep experience in the things of God, instead of taking a different and separate line from the church and breaking up unity.
After rising, Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples in Jerusalem and told them to remain there for a time before going to Galilee.