Recognizing Jesus 認出耶穌
Dexu Xia
Their eyes were opened and they recognized [Jesus], and he disappeared from their sight. Luke 24:31
Today's Scripture Luke 24:13-16, 25-35
Today's Insights In Luke 24, we see that despite Jesus’ promise to rise from the dead (9:22; 18:32-33), His disciples weren’t expecting His resurrection. Women went to the tomb with spices to anoint a decaying body (24:1), not to investigate whether Christ had risen. Even after the women shared the angels’ announcement that Jesus had risen, the other disciples didn’t believe them (v. 11). And on the Emmaus road, even when Jesus Himself walked with two disciples, they didn’t recognize Him (vv. 13-16). Only after Christ shares bread are their eyes opened (v. 31). By God’s grace, we can also see our need for Jesus and come to Him.
Today's Devotional
When Carlotta was young, she thought her mother had a remarkable gift for recognizing other people. But it was Carlotta who was remarkable. She had a rare condition called prosopagnosia. She couldn’t recognize or remember faces.
Shortly after Jesus’ resurrection, two disciples walking from Jerusalem seemed as if they had such a condition when they encountered someone they should have recognized. The two were talking about the exciting news of the past few days (Luke 24:14), but the third person seemed unaware of the events. They gave Him a quick summary, only to be surprised as this unknown person (Jesus) “explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (v. 27). Then Christ broke bread with them (v. 30)—something He’d done many times before. At that moment, “Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight” (v. 31). They hurried back to Jerusalem to tell others (vv. 33-35).
Those disciples didn’t recognize Jesus when they were with Him, and they hadn’t recognized Him in the Old Testament—something they read often and thought they knew well. They needed Jesus to reveal Himself to them because they couldn’t see on their own.
We need that help too. Let’s ask God to open our eyes to see Jesus on the pages of the Bible and in our lives.
Reflect & Pray
When have you failed to recognize God’s presence in your life? Why do you think this happens?
Dear Father, thank You for revealing Jesus to me so that I may follow Him.
Matt Lucas
他們的眼睛明亮了，認出了耶穌，耶穌就從他們的視線中消失了。路加福音 24:31
今日經文：路加福音 24章3-16节, 25-35节
今日心得：在路加福音24章中我們看到，尽管耶穌应許他會從死裡復活（9:22；18:32-33），但他的門徒卻沒有想到他會復活。婦女們帶著香料到墳墓，為一具腐爛的屍體塗抹香料（24:1），而不是去探望基督是否已經復活。即使在婦女們分享了天使宣告耶穌復活後，其他門徒也不相信她們（11節）。在前往以馬忤斯的路上，即使耶穌親自與兩個門徒同行他們也沒有認出祂（13-16節）。直到基督分享餅之後他們的眼睛才明亮（31節）。靠著上帝的恩典，我們也能看見我們需要耶穌，並來到祂面前。
今日靈修 卡洛塔小時候總以為自己母親有一種非凡的天賦，能辨認別人。但真正非凡的是卡洛塔。她患有一種罕見的疾病，叫做「面容失認症」。她無法辨識或記住別人的臉。 耶穌復活後不久，兩個從耶路撒冷來的門徒似乎也患有這種疾病，因為他們遇到了一個本來就該認識的人。這兩個門徒正在談論過去幾天發生的令人興奮的事情（路加福音 24:14），但第三個人似乎對此毫不知情。他們向耶穌簡要地講解了一下，卻驚訝地發現，這位素不相識的人（耶穌）「把經上所指著自己的話，都給他們講解明白了」（27節）。然後，基督與他們擘餅（30節）－這是祂以前做過多次的事。就在那時，「他們的眼睛明亮了，這才認出他來，他却從他們的眼前消失了」（31節）。他們急忙趕回耶路撒冷去告訴其他人（33-35節）。 那些門徒在耶穌身邊時沒有認出他，在舊約中也沒有認出他，他們經常閱讀舊約，自以為很了解舊約。他們需要耶穌向他們啟示祂自己，因為他們自己無法看見。
我們也需要這樣的幫助。讓我們祈求上帝開啟我們的眼睛，讓我們在聖經和我們的生活中看見耶穌。
反思與禱告 你何時未能認出上帝在你生命中的同在？你認為這是什麼造成的？
親愛的天父，感謝祢向我啟示耶穌，使我能跟隨祂。
作者：馬特盧卡斯