And they drew nigh unto the village
Of Emmaus, before they were aware; their conversation was so very
agreeable, that the way did not seem tedious, nor the time long:
whither they went:
where they intended to go, when they set out; this was the end of
their journey; wherefore this village was not some intermediate
place between Jerusalem and Emmaus: and he made as though
he would have gone further;
when they were come to Emmaus, and to the house where the two
disciples intended to make their abode that night: whether it was
a public house, or an house of one of their friends, or one of
their own, it matters not; Christ stopped not, nor attempted to
go in with them, but stepped a few steps onward, taking his leave
of them. The Ethiopic version renders it, "he began to pass by
them": which carried in it an appearance as if he intended to
have travelled further; and in it there was no fraud,
dissimulation, or collusion: he would have gone some little way
further, doubtless, had they not detained him; and he intended to
stay with them, provided they should ask him, as he did, though
not all night, which he never designed: the whole of it is
nothing else but a piece of modesty, civility, and prudence; for
guile was never found in his mouth.