Supper at Emmaus

 

36bJesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 37They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
                                Luke 24:36b-48

Friend of the Humble (Supper at Emmaus)
LHERMITTE, Léon-Augustin
1892
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
© 2006 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=31032
 
 
 
 
6But Peter said, ‘I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you;
in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.’
                Acts 3
 
 
Peter and John at the gate of the temple: roughly etched
REMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1629
 
 
 
 
Experience makes us see an enormous difference
between piety and goodness.
                                                                ~ Blaise Pascal

 

He who can no longer pause to
wonder and stand rapt in awe,  
is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.   
                                                           ~ Albert Einstein 
 
 
 
 
 
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Jacshui (the dolphin) and Carolyn and Baby Brother (Jack)
 
 
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
                                ~ Chinese Proverb
 
 
 
 
April 30, 2006    Third Sunday of Easter
 
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"Every time "hamartia" (= "sin") is used in Luke, it is with "apheimi" (= "forgiveness")."
Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen
at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/luke24x36.htm
 
 
 
45Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things."
                                        Luke 24:36b-48
 
http://www.agnusday.org/comics/?c=2-03-Luke
 
 
 
Acts 3:12-19
Psalm 4
1 John 3:1-7
Luke 24:36b-48