Emmaus: Hot baths, a village "three-score furlongs" from jerusalem, where our
Lord had an interview with two of his disciples on the day of his
resurrection
(Luke 24:13) This has been identified with the modern
el-Kubeibeh, lying over 7 miles north-west of Jerusalem. This name,
el-Kubeibeh, meaning "little dome," is derived from the remains of
the Crusaders' church yet to be found there. Others have identified
it with the modern Khurbet Khamasa i.e., "the ruins of Khamasa",
about 8 miles south-west of Jerusalem, where there are ruins also of
a Crusaders' church. Its site, however has been much disputed.
