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Chiasmus in LK 24:1-35 - Emmaus
Chiasmus in LK 24:1-35 - Emmaus
A (FROM JERUSALEM) That very day two of them were going to a village named
Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all
these things that had happened (13-14).
B (TALK ON THE ROAD) While they were talking and discussing together,
Jesus himself drew near and went with them (15).
C (EYES UNSEEING) But their eyes were kept from recognizing him (16).
C' (EYES SEEING) And their eyes were opened and they recognized him;
and he vanished out of their sight (31).
(TALK ON THE ROAD) They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn
B' within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the
scriptures?" (32).
(TO JERUSALEM) And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem;
and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who
A' said, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told
what had happened on the road, and how it was known to them in the breaking
of bread (33-35).
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