Road to Emmaus
Luke is a master storyteller. There is so much drama and tension in this account. A very human story of loss, confusion, suspense, realisation… and then an exuberant flurry of excitement and activity. A real rollercoaster of emotions. It’s told as a physical journey and the narrative contains so much movement and dynamics. There is lots of coming and going, travelling, walking, stopping and rushing. Such a dynamic and exciting passage. The framing of these disciples being on a journey fits with the wider theme of Luke’s gospel, in which he has organised the whole central section of his gospel, Jesus’ teaching and ministry, as part of a journey to Jerusalem from Luke 9 to 19. The central question that Luke poses in his gospel is whether the disciples will follow Jesus on that journey both physically and spiritually. But here it’s a couple of disciples rather than Jesus who are on a journey, in many senses in the wrong direction, going away from Jerusalem and it i...