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Luke 24:13-35 : The Road to Emmaus

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13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass therein these days?

19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

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En el camino de Emaús

Por Joe David (Traducido por computadora al Español)

Lelio Orsi's painting, Camino de Emaús, is in the National Gallery in London, England.

Hay algo en cada evangelio sobre una aparición de Jesús a sus discípulos después del domingo por la mañana cuando encontraron el sepulcro vacío. Por ejemplo, ver Mateo 28:16-20; Marcos 16:14-19; Lucas 24:13-33; Juan 20:19-31...y... Juan 21.

En Lucas, hay una historia de dos discípulos caminando desde Jerusalén al pueblo de Emaús, una caminata de unas siete millas. Poco después de salir de la ciudad se les acerca otro viajero que se ha fijado en sus rostros preocupados y en su seria conversación y les pregunta qué es lo que les preocupa. Caminando juntos, le preguntan al desconocido: "¿No habéis oído hablar de los problemas de Jerusalén, cómo el profeta de Galilea, que esperábamos que fuera el que salvara a Israel, fue entregado para ser crucificado? Y es extraño decir que cuando algunas de las mujeres fueron al tercer día a ungir su cuerpo, vieron ángeles que les dijeron que no estaba allí, sino que había resucitado de entre los muertos".

Al oír esto, el viajero los reprende por no creer, y dice: "¿No ven que Cristo tuvo que sufrir estas cosas y entrar en su gloria?" El desconocido entonces le dice a los dos discípulos muchas cosas acerca de Jesús, de los libros de Moisés, y los profetas, en el Antiguo Testamento. Los dos discípulos escuchan con asombro, pero no reconocen al extraño. Al final llegan a Emaús. El desconocido parece querer continuar cuando los dos se detienen, pero le ruegan que se detenga también, porque se está haciendo tarde y quieren escuchar más. Así que todos se sientan a compartir la cena, y cuando el extraño toma la barra de pan y la rompe y les da pedazos, sus ojos se abren y lo reconocen, y Él desaparece.

Uno puede imaginarse el asombro que les invadió a ambos cuando se dieron cuenta de que era Jesús. Sabían que estaba crucificado, y aún así había caminado y hablado con ellos durante varias horas. ¡Las mujeres tenían razón! ¡Los ángeles tenían razón! ¡Estaba vivo!

La Nueva Iglesia cree que hay significados internos en todas las historias de la Palabra del Señor, las sagradas escrituras, y que este significado interno, dentro de las historias literales sobre Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, Josué, Samuel, David y el resto, y todos los dichos de los profetas desde Isaías hasta Malaquías, y los cuatro evangelios... este significado es lo que hace que la Palabra sea santa.

Entonces, ¿qué podemos ver aquí en esta historia? Bueno, ese significado interno en "Moisés y los profetas" es la historia de la vida de Jesús en el mundo, desde su nacimiento en Belén a través de todos sus años de crecimiento hasta su "muerte" y luego su resurrección. Porque Jesús lo sabía, y ciertamente había leído las Escrituras y las entendía internamente, sabía desde hace mucho tiempo cómo se iba a cerrar su vida terrenal, y que era necesario que se cerrara como había sido "escrito", para salvar a la raza humana. Así que les contó a los dos discípulos esa historia mientras caminaban hacia Emaús.

Más sobre ese paseo... En la Palabra, cualquier mención de caminar se refiere a cómo vivimos nuestras vidas día a día. En muchas historias de la Palabra, se dice que alguien caminó con Dios. Se dice que debemos caminar en sus caminos y que debemos caminar por el camino recto y estrecho.

También en esta historia se nos dice que este fue un viaje de sesenta estadios (en el griego original). Sesenta (u otros múltiplos de "seis") representa el trabajo de toda una vida de rechazar las tentaciones que vienen de nuestro egoísmo innato. Apocalipsis Explicado 648. Así que, este viaje a Emaús significa el viaje de nuestra vida - como una persona que está tratando de seguir las enseñanzas del Señor y convertirse en un ángel.

El destino era Emaús. En la Palabra cualquier ciudad representa una doctrina, un conjunto organizado de verdades que hemos puesto en orden para poder vivir de acuerdo a ellas... nuestras reglas de vida. Ver Arcana Coelestia 402. No son necesariamente buenas, como en el caso de Jerusalén o Belén, pero también pueden ser malas doctrinas, por ejemplo, Sodoma o Babilonia. Mi diccionario me dice que el nombre Emaús significa "aguas termales". Otro significado universal en la Palabra es que el agua significa verdad en sus usos benéficos, pero también puede significar verdad convertida en falsedad por los que están en el infierno, en un sentido opuesto. Ver, por ejemplo, Arcana Coelestia 790. Piensa en los pozos que Abraham cavó, o las aguas que Jesús prometió a la mujer de Samaria mientras hablaban junto al pozo de Jacob, o el río de agua pura que fluye de debajo del trono en la Nueva Jerusalén en el libro del Apocalipsis. En su sentido inverso, donde el agua es destructiva, piense en el diluvio que destruyó a todos excepto a Noé y su familia, o el Mar Rojo que tuvo que ser separado para que los hijos de Israel pudieran cruzar. Los manantiales representados por Emaús eran verdades sagradas que surgían de la Palabra para que las usáramos. Y estas son fuentes calientes, y el calor significa amor. Así que ese es nuestro destino, donde la verdad y el amor juntos fluyen para que los usemos, en un flujo continuo del Señor.

Esta pequeña anécdota sobre los discípulos que se encontraron con el Señor en el camino a Emaús no es sólo una historia sobre la resurrección de Jesús con un cuerpo espiritual. También es una historia de cómo deberíamos vivir nuestras vidas. Podemos estar viajando hacia el cielo, escuchando al Señor, caminando en el camino con él, y al final Él partirá el pan y cenará con nosotros.

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True Christian Religion #262

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262. It is plain that the Lord fulfilled everything in the Word from a consideration of the passages where it is said that the Law and the Scripture were fulfilled by Him, and that everything was brought to completion, as in these where Jesus said:

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law and the Prophets. I have come not to abolish, but to fulfil, Matthew 5:17-18.

Jesus entered the synagogue, and got up to read. Then there was handed to Him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and He unrolled the book and found the passage where it is written: The spirit of Jehovah is upon me, because He has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to bring good news of release to those who are in bonds, and sight to the blind, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Afterwards He rolled up the book and said, To-day this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing, Luke 4:16-21. That the Scripture should be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel upon me, John 13:18.

None of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, John 17:12.

That the word should be fulfilled which said, Of those you gave me, I have not lost one, John 18:9. Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword away in its place. How then could the Scripture be fulfilled, which says that it must be thus. This was done so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Matthew 26:52, 54, 56.

The Son of Man goes away, as it is written of Him, so that the Scriptures should be fulfilled, Mark 14:21, 49.

Thus the Scripture was fulfilled which said, He was counted with the irreligious, Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37.

That the Scripture might be fulfilled, they divided my 1 garments among them, and cast lots for my tunic, John 19:24.

After this Jesus knowing that all things were now completed, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, John 19:28.

When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, it is completed (that is, fulfilled). John 19:30.

These things were done so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, A bone you shall not break in him; and again another Scripture says, They shall see him whom they pierced, John 19:36-37.

He also taught His disciples, before He went away, that the whole Word was written about Him, and that He had come into the world to fulfil it, in these words:

He said to them, Foolish people and slow at heart to believe all that the Prophets have said! Surely this is what Christ ought to suffer, and enter into glory? Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the references to Himself in all the Scriptures, Luke 24:25-27.

Further, Jesus said that all things ought to be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms about me (Luke 24:44-45).

It is plain from the Lord's words that, while He was in the world, He fulfilled everything in the Word down to the last details:

Amen I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all things are done, Matthew 5:18.

This will now make it possible to see clearly that by the Lord fulfilling everything in the Law is not meant fulfilling all the Ten Commandments, but everything in the Word. These further passages will establish that the Law means everything in the Word:

Jesus said, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods, John 10:34.

This is written in Psalm 82:6.

The crowd replied, We have heard from the law that the Christ shall remain for ever, John 12:34.

This is written in Psalm 89:30, 37; Psalm 110:4; Daniel 7:14.

That the word should be fulfilled which is written in their Law, They hated me without cause, John 15:25.

This is written in Psalm 35:19.

It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the Law to be lost, Luke 16:17.

The Law here, as in many other passages, means the whole of Sacred Scripture.

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1. A correction of the author's copy for 'his.'

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.