Luke 24:28

28 When they had come near the village to which they were going, He appeared to be going further.

Luke 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.

Luke 24:28 In-Context

26 Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

27 And, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the passages in Scripture which refer to Himself.

28 When they had come near the village to which they were going, He appeared to be going further.

29 But they pressed Him to remain with them. "Because," said they, "it is getting towards evening, and the day is nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.

30 But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,