who were traveling to Emmaus that day. They had heard the witness of the women, yet they held onto their doubt and their sadness. Why the journey to Emmaus? We don’t know for sure. But I can imagine they took the trip to get away from it all—to escape Jerusalem’s hopelessness, to clear their minds, to return to their homes and think about a new direction for their lives. That’s the human angle. But evidently God had a different purpose in mind. For on the way, they would be intercepted by a mysterious