Učedníci putují do Emauz v Lk 24,13-35
The Disciples Traveling to Emmaus in Luke 24:13–35

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to discuss the identity of the two disciples traveling to Emmaus and to point out the importance and role of these disciples in this story as well as in connection with the entirety of Luke’s double work (Luke‑Acts). We know the identity of one of the disciples traveling to Emmaus, Cleopas (Luke 24:18), who did not belong to the group of twelve disciples (Luke 6:14–16) and does not otherwise appear in the New Testament. The identity of the other disciple cannot be determined, although various names have been proposed for him since the Gospel of Luke was written: Simon, Nathanael, Amaon, Peter, Nicodemus, Philip, Emmaous, Luke, wife of Cleopas. The fact that the disciples are travelling in two makes it possible, on the one hand, to have a discussion that matters, and gives them the opportunity, on the other hand, to provide a reliable testimony of their experience with the resurrected Jesus. Through the testimony of a pair of disciples traveling to Emmaus, the readers of the Gospel of Luke are reminded that in reading Scripture and breaking bread, the resurrected Jesus will be truly, albeit invisibly, present.

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