Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight — their eyes were opened (dianoichthēsan hoi ophthalmoi, their eyes were opened wide): the divine enabling of recognition. They recognized him: the moment of the Emmaus road — the slow hearts that burned during the Scripture exposition now see who was walking with them. And he disappeared from their sight: the ascended, resurrection-body Jesus cannot be held in the normal way.

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