"The Meal in Emmaus" by Jacopo da Pontormo 1530, oil on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Luke describes the episode of the Pilgrims of Emmaus. Two apostles going from Jerusalem to a village of Emmaus met the resurrected Christ who asked about the subject of their conversation. They told him of the death of Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, and about their sadness, grief, and puzzlement after his tomb was found empty. Christ accepted their invitation to a meal. "He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave it to them, and their eyes were opened and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight." (Luke 24:30-31)