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EMMAUS.—1. A village sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, where the risen Christ made Himself known to two disciples (Luk_24:13). There is no clue to the position of this place, and it has been sought in Kubeibeh, N.W. of the city; in Kuloniyeh, W. of it; in Khamasah to the S.W.; and in ‘Urtas to the S. The traditional site is Emmaus Nicopolis (‘Amwas), W. of Jerusalem, which, however, is much too far—20 miles—from the city.
2. Emmaus Nicopolis, now ‘Amwas, on the main Jerusalem-Jaffa road, the scene of the defeat of Gorgias by Judas (1Ma_3:40; 1Ma_3:57; 1Ma_4:3-27), held and fortified by Bacchides (1Ma_9:50).
R. A. S. Macalister.