The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus: Who was the Man? What was the Message?
If, after all, he looked like leading a whole town astray, then Deuteronomy 13:12–18 would come into play; it has been suggested that this was why several towns refused to countenance his teaching, since to do so would court disaster for them as well as for him.
N. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
