WAEC Christian Religious Studies (CRS) 2015 Theory — Question 12

Model answer

On the first day of the week (evening of resurrection), Cleopas and one other disciple were going to Emmaus, discussing the current events in Jerusalem, especially the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus drew near and walked with them, joining the conversation. They could not recognize him and were surprised when he asked them what they were discussing. They asked him whether he was the only stranger unaware of the most current happening in Jerusalem. He asked what it was, and they answered it was about Jesus, a great prophet mighty in words and deeds, and how the Jewish council had delivered him to be condemned to death. He was the one they had hoped would redeem Israel; it was then the third day since it happened, and some of their women had amazed them with the story of his resurrection, though some of their men had gone to the tomb and confirmed it empty, but did not see Jesus himself. Jesus called them fools who were slow of heart to believe all that the prophets had spoken, and beginning with Moses and the prophets, he interpreted to them all that the scriptures had spoken about himself. As they drew near the village, they urged Jesus to pass the night with them; Jesus went in with them, and at the table he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and their eyes were opened and they recognized him as Jesus, who then disappeared from their sight. They wondered how their hearts did not burn within them as he had been explaining the scriptures to them. They immediately returned to Jerusalem and related their experience to the other disciples, who in turn confirmed Jesus' resurrection.