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Blessing Bread at Emmaus

After the resurrection

Luke 24:30–31

Luke 24:30–31

30When he sat down to eat with them, he took the bread, gave thanks, broke it, and handed it to them. 31In that moment, their eyes were opened and they recognized him — and then he vanished from their sight.

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What happened

At the table in Emmaus, the risen Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the two disciples. Then their eyes were opened and they knew him.

Where this fits

One of 21 passages in Jesus' Prayers of Jesus, in the group “After the resurrection.”

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