Two disciples were walking sadly on the way to their home in the little village of Emmaus. It was 3 days after Jesus had been crucified. They were disappointed and discouraged, for they thought their Lord was dead.

Suddenly a stranger appeared and asked them why they were sad. They told Him about the death of the one they had thought was the Messiah. When they arrived home, they asked the stranger to come in. At the meal, when He took bread in His hands, the two men recognized who had been talking with them--it was Jesus their Lord! "Their eyes were opened and they knew Him" (Lk. 24:31).

What was it these disciples saw to identify Him? It could have been that their eyes were opened when they saw Him break the bread with His nail-pierced hands.

A young girl, whose Sunday school teacher had died, dreamed she was in heaven and was being introduced by her teacher. In the morning, she told her mother, "Teacher introduced me to Abraham, Paul, David, and a lot of others." "Didn't she introduce you to Jesus?" asked her mother. "Oh, no," was the reply. "I knew Him the moment I saw Him. I didn't need an introduction. He carried His identification--the nail-prints in His hands."  — M.R. De Haan