Matthew says that when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary visited the tomb an angel appeared to them and said: "Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him" (xxviii, 7). As they ran to convey this intelligence, Jesus himself met them and repeated the command: "Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me" (10). "Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him" (16, 17). Luke (xxiv, 13-35) states that on the day of the resurrection Jesus journeyed to Emmaus, a village some distance from Jerusalem, with Cleopas and his companion. They did not recognize him until after their arrival there, when they returned at once to Jerusalem and informed the disciples. "As they thus spake Jesus himself stood in the midst of them" (36). He conversed with them for a time, after which "he led them out as far as to Bethany" where he took his final leave of them and ascended to heaven (38-51). Instead of bidding them go to Galilee, a three days journey from Jerusalem, as Matthew states, his command was "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high," which, according to Acts (ii, 1-13), was not until the day of Pentecost, seven weeks later. Matthew's narrative forbids the supposition of any meeting in Judea, while Luke's precludes the possibility of a meeting in Galilee. Regarding this discrepancy Dean Alford says: "We must be content to walk by faith, and not by sight" (Greek Testament, p. 905). 426 How far from Jerusalem was Emmaus, where Jesus made his first appearance? 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. 427 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). 428 What effect had his presence when he first appeared to them? Luke: "They were terrified and affrighted" (xxiv, 36, 37). John: "Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord" (xx, 20). 429 How many of the disciples doubted the reality of his appearance? Matthew: "Some doubted" (xxviii, 17). John: But one doubted--Thomas (xx, 24, 25). 430 Were they all finally convinced of his resurrection? John: They were. Matthew: They were not. 431 When he appeared to them did they know that he must rise from the dead? John: "For as yet they knew not that he must rise from the dead" (xx, 9).