Israeli archaeologists may have uncovered the ruins of the town of Emmaus
By Gary Sibio
@garysibi (702)
Chicago, Illinois
September 2, 2019 3:32pm CST
According to the Bible, hours after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to two disciples who were walking from Jerusalem to the nearby town of Emmaus. Initially, they didn't recognize Him. This isn't surprising since they thought Jesus was still dead in His tomb. They hadn't heard the news.
When they got to Emmaus Jesus and the disciple sat down to eat. When He broke the bread, they realized who they had been walking and talking with. Jesus disappeared and the disciples returned to Jerusalem to tell the others who they had seen.
The archaeologists are not 100% certain that the town they uncovered was Emmaus but it is likely.
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.highlight.MAGAZINE-israeli-archaeologists-may-have-found-emmaus-where-jesus-appeared-after-crucifixion-1.7774167?fbclid=IwAR3wDT3K826i3Twn59UOi9R5ZuyzHZ197p1fgVB8Djy37vcfDRKDh9X2FDg
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
2 Sep 19
Biblical research and biblical finds are always interesting, at least to me, because these yield more realistic views about what happened two millennia ago. These things are important because these pertain to the story of our Lord Jesus, the Christ.
Had a cursory read of the article. Exciting.
Thanks very much for sharing.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
3 Sep 19
The article is well written and I liked reading it, however it is only a work hypothesis. I am always suspicious about archeology in Israel, as they use it like something political. We did the same with Roman archeology in North-Africa, to prove how legitimate we were there. They will not teach to an old French monkey how to do a grimace, they have first to show me an inscription with the word "Emmaus"
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@topffer (42156)
• France
3 Sep 19
@peavey I am an archeologist specialized in Roman archeology and I can tell you that Latin inscriptions are not rare. And in Israel they can have Greek and Hebraic inscriptions too... The text about Emmaus is unclear, as there are different distances between Emmaus and Jerusalem given(a problem of copyist), and at least 6 different locations were proposed. This is 1 of the 6, but they bring nothing decisive.
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