LUKE xxiv. 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_? THIS is a portion of one of those affecting and instructive pieces of history, with which the sacred scriptures every where abound. After the resurrection of Jesus, on the very same day, two of His disciples were journeying together to a village called Emmaus, a few miles distant from Jerusalem. And as they went, “they talked together of those things which had happened.” And certainly never was there furnished to disciples an occasion of more interesting conversation. They were at no loss for a subject; their feelings were deeply moved, their circumstances most peculiar; they had just been bereaved of their Lord; and were left, as they thought, helpless and hopeless upon the wide world: they had been attending the sad scene of His sufferings; and doubtless had been witnessing his awful crucifixion; abundance of matter therefore, was afforded them for reflection and discourse. But besides this, they had heard the report of their Lord’s resurrection; and as they did not at all understand the purport of it, appeared indeed scarcely to believe an event so extraordinary, they were probably consulting what to expect, or what to do. “And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden, that they should not know Him.” {96} Either He assumed a different form, or He supernaturally influenced their sight, that they should not at first recognize Him.