on the road to Emmaus

Posted by occwebsite
17th Apr 2022

A lyric video featuring a song by Jeff Johnson inspired by the story in Luke 24 of the risen Jesus joining two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

The artwork is from a fragment of a painting entitled, “Christ on the Road to Emmaus by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255 – 1318).

 

That same day,
Two men walked up a road –
Posing over questions of a man that they once knew,
For they thought he would be their savior.That same day,
One man walked up that road –
Joining the other two,
He quickly got involved in their discussion.So they talked and they questioned and he answered them,
With scripture and passage proving things that had happened all too recently.That same day,
Three men sat at a table –
The two men sat there staring,
As the one blessed the food,
And broke the bread.

When suddenly their eyes were made wide open,
Open to a man they thought had been long dead.
Yes, suddenly their eyes were made wide open,
Open to a man they thought had been long dead.

Jesus had risen,
Risen from the grave,
Risen from the gave just that day.

Jesus had risen,
Risen from the grave and broken all the bonds that ever held him,
That same day.

Today,
We walk up a long road –
Posing over questions,
Of a life that gives no answers in a world that rarely bares a clue.

But this same day,
Jesus walks up this road –
And he joins us,
Yes, he joins us,
Yes, he joins me and you!

Jesus has risen,
Risen from the grave,
Risen from the gave just today!

Jesus has risen,
Risen from the grave,
And broken all the bonds that ever held him –
Today!

from Two Songs For Holy Week, released March 31, 2015
Performed and recorded by Jeff Johnson at The Ark, “Jesus Is Risen” first appeared on the album, “The Anvil Of God’s Word” (1977).