Ethiopian eunuch by Philip later on: a journey, the interpretation of Scripture, a significant action, and a mysterious disappearance (Acts 8:26–40). In the Greek text, the village of Emmaus is said to be “sixty stadia” from Jerusalem. A stadion was about six hundred feet, making the distance around seven miles. Jesus is taken for another pilgrim returning home from the Jerusalem festival. The two disciples do not recognize him. Their eyes are “held back,” an expression for spiritual blindness. Various appearance