Emmaus
Emmaus (; Greek: Ἐμμαούς, ''Emmaous''; la, Emmaus; , ''Emmaom''; ar, 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 tw ...
was an ancient town in Judaea mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.
Emmaus may also refer to:
Places
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Emmaus Nicopolis
Nicopolis ( grc-gre, Νικόπολις, ''Nikópolis'') was the name of Emmaus ( he, אמאוס; grc-gre, Ἀμμαοῦς, ''Ammaoûs''; ar, عِمواس, ''Imwas'') under the Roman Empire until the conquest of Palestine by the Rashidun Calip ...
, an archaeological site in Israel
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Imwas
Imwas or Emmaus ( ar, عِمواس), known in classical times as Nicopolis ( gr, Νικόπολις, lit=City of Victory), was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of the city of Ramla and from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the W ...
, a Palestinian Arab village formerly located at the site
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Emmaus (Diocese), an ancient and titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church
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Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States
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Emmaus, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States
Institutions
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Emmaus Bible College (Australia)
Emmaus Bible College was an Australian Bible College established in 1954 last located in Macquarie Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was associated with the Christian Community Churches of Australia (Open Brethren). It was ...
in Epping, Australia
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Emmaus Bible College (Iowa)
Emmaus Bible College is a private Bible college in Dubuque, Iowa, affiliated with the Plymouth Brethren. It offers double majors in both professional and biblical studies.
It was established as Emmaus Bible School in 1941 in Toronto, Ontario ...
in Dubuque, Iowa
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Emmaus (charity)
Emmaus (french: Emmaüs, ) 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 un ...
, a homeless charity
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Emmaus College (disambiguation), several schools
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Emmaus High School
Emmaus High School is a large public high school located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades nine through 12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Emmaus High School is loc ...
, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
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Emmaus Monastery
The Emmaus Monastery ( cs, Emauzy or ''Emauzský klášter''), called Na Slovanech in the Middle Ages, is an abbey established in 1347 in Prague. It was the only Benedictine monastery of the Kingdom of Bohemia and all Slavic Europe.
In the 136 ...
in Prague, Czech Republic
Events
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Battle of Emmaus
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...
, 166 BC
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Plague of Emmaus The plague of Amwas ( ar, طاعون عمواس, ''ṭāʿūn ʿAmwās''), also spelled plague of Emmaus, was a bubonic plague epidemic that afflicted Islamic Syria in 638–639, during the first plague pandemic and toward the end of the Muslim ...
, 639
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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. Both the meeting on the road to Emmaus and the subsequent suppe ...
, one of the early resurrection appearances of Jesus
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Walk to Emmaus, a Methodist adult ministry similar to the Catholic Cursillo
See also
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Supper at Emmaus (disambiguation)
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