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Emmaus. Emmaus ( / əˈmeɪəs /; Greek: Ἐμμαούς, Emmaous; Latin: Emmaus; Arabic: عمواس, ʻImwas) is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament. Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two of his disciples while they were walking on the road to Emmaus. [ 1]
Emmaus ( / ɛˈmeɪ.əs / em-AY-əs) is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 11,652. [ 3] Emmaus is located in the Lehigh Valley, the third-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania and 68th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
Big Country, 1983. L-R: Tony Butler, Bruce Watson, Stuart Adamson, and Mark Brzezicki. Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the early to mid 1980s, although they have retained a cult following for many years since. The band's music incorporated Scottish folk and ...
The Walk to Emmaus or Emmaus Walk is a spiritual retreat developed by The Upper Room. It is part of the three-day movement, and came out of the Roman Catholic Cursillo Movement. It started in the 1960s and 1970s when Episcopalians and Lutherans, and Tres Dias [Wikidata] offered Cursillo. In 1978, The Upper Room of the General Board of ...
Bryant Reeves (born June 8, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. Reeves spent his entire career with the National Basketball Association 's Vancouver Grizzlies, playing with the team from 1995 until 2001. He was nicknamed " Big Country " by his college teammate Byron Houston after Reeves was amazed by the size of the ...
Emmaus (French: Emmaüs, pronounced) is an international solidarity movement founded in Paris in 1949 by Catholic priest and Capuchin friar Abbé Pierre to combat poverty and homelessness. Since 1971 regional and national initiatives have been grouped under a parent organization, Emmaus International, now run by Jean Rousseau, representing 350 ...
Released: August 1988. "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" Released: 1988. "Peace in Our Time". Released: January 1989. Peace in Our Time is the fourth studio album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1988. [4]
Road to Emmaus appearance. According to the Gospel of Luke, the road to Emmaus appearance is one of the early post-resurrection appearances of Jesus after his crucifixion and the discovery of the empty tomb. [1] [2] [3] Both the meeting on the road to Emmaus and the subsequent supper at Emmaus, depicting the meal that Jesus had with two ...