Did Cleopas Live in Emmaus?

Cleopas appears in Luke 24:13–27 as one of two disciples walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Cleopas is named in verse 18, while his companion remains unnamed. This occurs three days after the crucifixion on the same day Jesus had his resurrection.

Did Cleopas walk with Jesus to Emmaus?

Moessner, writes: "the Emmaus story is one of Luke's 'most exquisite literary achievements'." It describes the encounter on the road to Emmaus and the supper at Emmaus, and states that a disciple named Cleopas was walking towards Emmaus with another disciple when they met Jesus.

What is Emmaus called today?

El Qubeibeh, as Emmaus is today known, is nestled into a terraced West Bank hillside about eight miles northwest of the modern boundaries of Jerusalem. And it is here on the Monday after Easter that Palestinian Christians gather to remember the biblical parable and to break bread as the disciples did with Jesus.