Emmaus

Emmaus (debate originally [ ɛmaʊ̯s ], later [ ɛmau̩s ] ) is a place mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in the vicinity of Jerusalem, from the Cleopas, a disciple of Jesus came. Emmaus means hot spring ' and was a relatively common place name or suffix.

Biblical report

Luke tells us in detail, Cleopas and another disciple had gone to Emmaus on the day after Passover in Jerusalem and be there encountered the risen Jesus without first recognize him. Jesus had interpreted the Scriptures to them. In conversation arrived at Emmaus, they invited the attendants. At dinner, when Jesus broke the bread - as he had done at the " last " supper with his disciples - they would have recognized him, whereupon she immediately returned to Jerusalem to tell the apostles and the other disciples of the encounter. (Luke 24:13-35 EU)

Historical evidence

The location of the former Emmaus is not secured, according to the Gospel of Luke the place 60 stages ( approximately 11.5 miles) from Jerusalem has been removed. Today take three places can claim to be the biblical Emmaus. Besides Amwas these are Abu Gosch and El Qubeibeh. Carsten Peter Thiede and Matthew D' Ancona represented the belief that the proof of the place Emmaus had succeeded.

Eusebius of Caesarea and Jerome referred to in the 5th century a town Nicopolis as the former Emmaus - today Amwas. The house of Cleopas was later converted into a basilica. A problem here is that this place is 160 stadia (31 km ) away from Jerusalem, what makes the story of Emmaus disciples for Amwas unlikely - they would have according to Luke in the afternoon the road from Jerusalem have gone to Emmaus, and doing some time in the intensive conversation with Jesus spent, and have gone back in the evening from Emmaus to Jerusalem and the disciples there yet encountered. This means a total distance of about 60 km in the Judean Mountains in half a day.

In Abu Gosch a Crusader church was built, which is a reminder of the walk to Emmaus. Abu Gosch is actually located at a distance from Jerusalem, which corresponds to the report in the Gospel of Luke, but the place was not in the New Testament period Emmaus.

Other researchers refer to as another possible place the Jerusalem suburb Motsa, of Emmaus called New Testament times and was later expanded by Emperor Vespasian to a colony of veterans and then called Kolonia. Until the founding of Israel in today's Motsa was an Arab village called Kolonia, which was abandoned during the war in 1948 by its inhabitants. The place is indeed just 30 miles from Jerusalem, Luke has the distance information of 60 stages may be called the outward and return journey. Under the leadership of Carsten Peter Thiede the excavation site was investigated between 2001 and 2004.

The Emmaus motif in art

Painting " Christ at Emmaus " by Rembrandt ( 1648)

Stained glass window by Arnaud de Moles in the Cathedral Sainte -Marie in Auch

Paintings by Caravaggio in the Church of Our Lady Bruges

Painting " La Cena di Emmaus " by Filippo Tarchiani ( 1625), County Museum, Los Angeles

Paintings of 1628 from the Pinacoteca Civica in Cento

" The disciples of Emmaus ," altarpiece by Bernhard Rode (1779 ) in St. Mary's Church (Berlin -Mitte)

Tabernacle of the Holy Spirit Church in Bielefeld

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