Cleopas

Cleopas was one of the two disciples walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus on the day of Jesus's resurrection when the risen Christ joined them, unrecognized, on the road (Luke 24:18). He alone is named in Luke's account; his companion remains anonymous. Cleopas expressed the disciples' grief and shattered hope: they had believed Jesus would redeem Israel, but his crucifixion had ended those hopes. Christ then opened the Scriptures to them, showing how the Messiah must suffer before entering his glory.

The two disciples recognized Jesus only at the breaking of bread, after which he vanished from their sight. Cleopas is not the same as Clopas (or Cleophas) mentioned in John 19:25, though the names are related forms. Some have suggested Cleopas may have been a relative of Jesus or a member of the wider Jerusalem community, but Scripture provides no further identification beyond this Emmaus account. The episode remains one of the most vivid resurrection appearance narratives in the Gospels.