Luke 24:19

"One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?”"

Key Reflection

Cleopas’s question to Jesus highlights the significant events unfolding during the Passover season, a time when Jerusalem was filled with pilgrims from all over the region. Cleopas and his companion were likely among those who had witnessed the extraordinary events surrounding Jesus, including his arrest, trial, crucifixion, and now, his reported resurrection. In asking if Jesus knew nothing of these recent happenings, they imply a sense of surprise that someone so unfamiliar with the current turmoil could be walking through their midst during such a pivotal time in Jewish history.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 19. A prophet. A teacher sent from God. They did not now call him the Messiah, for his death had led them to doubt that, but they had no doubt that he was a distinguished prophet. The evidence of that was so clear that they could not call it in question. Mighty in deed. Powerful in working miracles, in raising the dead, healing the sick, &c. In word. In teaching. Before God and all the people. Manifestly; publicly. So that God owned him, and the people regarded him as a distinguished teacher.

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