The road to Emmaus

Put six scenes in order

Choose the first scene, then the next. You can undo a choice before checking the full route.

Your route

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Who says what? An Emmaus evidence map

This reading task asks a different question from putting the scenes in order: does the narrator state a detail, do the travelers report it, or have we added something the passage does not establish?

Download the participant page and adult key (PDF, 2 pages). The complete activity follows as HTML. Keep the key separate until you have offered a verse and reason.

Read Luke 24:13-35. These are original paraphrases and claims to test, not six asserted facts. Do not use later stories or guesses to fill a gap.

• N: Narrator states it. An event or detail is supplied by the narrator.
• S: Travelers say/report it. Look at what they say in verses 17-24; a report is not the same as personally witnessing everything in it.
• C: Contradicted here. The claim conflicts with what this passage says.
• U: Not established here. This passage supplies no basis for the claim; that does not prove it impossible.

1. A. The narrator identifies the person who joins the travelers as Jesus.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for A

   N: Narrator states it. Luke 24:15-16. The narrator identifies him; the two travelers do not yet recognize him.

2. B. The travelers describe their earlier hope that Jesus would redeem Israel.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for B

   S: Travelers say/report it. Luke 24:21. This is part of what they tell their companion about their own earlier hope.

3. C. The travelers say the women had reported a vision of angels.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for C

   S: Travelers say/report it. Luke 24:22-23. Their speech reports what the women described. It does not say these two saw the angels.

4. D. The two recognize Jesus before he begins explaining the Scriptures.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for D

   C: Contradicted here. Luke 24:16, 25-27, 31. They do not recognize him on the road; recognition comes later at the meal.

5. E. The unnamed traveler planned to return to fishing the next day.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for E

   U: Not established here. Luke 24:13-35. This passage supplies neither that occupation nor that next-day plan. Not established is not the same as proved impossible.

6. F. The narrator says the two return to Jerusalem after recognizing Jesus.

   Choose N, S, C or U; identify a verse and a reason.

   Key for F

   N: Narrator states it. Luke 24:31-33. Recognition is narrated before their return. This is an event the narrator states, not a guessed motive.

A stronger sentence

Choose B or C. Begin your own one-line summary with The travelers say... What does naming the speaker prevent you from overstating?

Observation and inference are separate lines

Write one observation and its verse reference, then a separate interpretation or question. Label the second line so it is not mistaken for a detail the narrator supplied. For E, a possibility is not a textual observation.

Original reading exercise from Honest Little Apps, publisher of Scrollway, created with AI assistance. It is a separate free companion, not a native-app question set or an endorsed USCCB resource. No names, written answers or form submissions are collected by this activity. Source: Luke 24:13-35, checked November 5, 2026. The optional iPhone/iPad app is a free download with optional paid Premium; check Apple for current local offers.