Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
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Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Matthew 28:9 says the first appearance was to the two Marys together. Mark 16:9 and John 20:14-17 say it was Mary Magdalene alone.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"Luke 24:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/luke/24/13?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).