Luc 24:28

28 Ainsi ils approchèrent du bourg où ils allaient, mais Jésus faisait comme s'il voulait aller plus loin.

Luc 24:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:28

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.

Luc 24:28 In-Context

26 Ne fallait-il pas que le Christ souffrît ces choses, et qu'il entrât dans sa gloire?

27 Puis, commençant par Moïse et par tous les prophètes, il leur expliquait, dans toutes les Écritures, ce qui le regardait.

28 Ainsi ils approchèrent du bourg où ils allaient, mais Jésus faisait comme s'il voulait aller plus loin.

29 Et ils le contraignirent à s'arrêter, en lui disant: Demeure avec nous; car le soir commence à venir, et le jour est sur son déclin. Il entra donc pour demeurer avec eux.

30 Et comme il était à table avec eux, il prit du pain et rendit grâces; puis l'ayant rompu, il le leur donna.