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Emmaus
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EMMAUS . 1. A village sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, where the risen Christ made Himself known to two disciples ( Luke 24:13 ). There is no clue to the position of this place, and it has been sought in Kubeibeh , N.W. of the city; in Kuloniyeh , W. of it; in Khamasah to the S.W.; and in ‘Urtas to the S. The traditional site is Emmaus Nicopolis ( ‘Amwas ), W. of Jerusalem, which, however, is much too far 20 miles from the city.
2. Emmaus Nicopolis, now ‘Amwas , on the main Jerusalem-Jaffa road, the scene of the defeat of Gorgias by Judas ( 1Ma 3:40; 1Ma 3:57; 1Ma 4:3-27 ), held and fortified by Bacchides ( 1Ma 9:50 ).
R. A. S. Macalister.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Emmaus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/emmaus.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Emmaus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/emmaus.html. 1909.
