the Gospel. In chapter 24, two people were walking on a road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They had been with Him and had believed in Him, but now, after His death, they were utterly cast down. Then suddenly, as they were walking along, Jesus, the risen Jesus, joined them and listened to their conversation. Earlier that day certain women who belonged to their company had been in the garden where Jesus had been put in the tomb and had reported to the disciples that the tomb was empty, and this is what