On the road to Emmaus, the risen Jesus answers sorrow by opening Moses and the prophets, showing that Scripture itself testifies to a Christ who had to suffer before entering glory. The Emmaus road gives the pattern for preaching Christ from the Old Testament.

Two grieving disciples leave Jerusalem talking about a hope that died, and the risen Jesus falls in step beside them. He opens Moses and the prophets, and they recognize him only at the table, in the breaking of bread.