Luke: “Which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs” ([xxiv, 13]).
Threescore furlongs was seven and one-half Roman, or about seven American miles. Emmaus of Judea was about twenty-five miles, or two hundred furlongs from Jerusalem. There was an Emmaus in Galilee, about seventy miles from Jerusalem. It is believed by some that the legend related to the latter place and was subsequently transferred by Luke to Judea.
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How many disciples were present when he first appeared to them?
Matthew and Luke: Eleven ([Matt. xxviii, 16, 17]; [Luke xxiv, 33–36]).
John: But ten, Thomas being absent ([xx, 19–24]).
Paul: Twelve ([1 Cor. xv, 5]).