It happened that very day that two of the disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem,

"So let the influential men among you," he said, "go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, charge him formally with it."

The natives were expecting inflammation to set in, or that he would suddenly fall dead; but, after waiting for a long time, and seeing that there was nothing amiss with him, they changed their minds and said that he was a God.