Eyes Wide Open (Illumination): Luke 24:28-35

1. An Invitation for refreshment
28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. Luke 24:28-29 (ESV)

2. An informative revelation
30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.
Luke 24:30-31 (ESV)

16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. Luke 24:16 (ESV)

16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Luke 9:16 (ESV)

3. An illuminating response
32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” Luke 24:32 (ESV)

25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Luke 24:25 (ESV)

18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, Ephesians 1:18 (ESV)

4. An immediate report
33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. Luke 24:33-35 (ESV)

5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 1 Corinthians 15:5 (ESV)