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And the one named Cleopas, answering, said to Him, “Are You alone visiting Jerusalem and have not known the things having come to pass in it in these days?”

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
[the] one One. Adj-NMS H1520 εἷς eis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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named Name, character, fame, reputation. N-DNS H3686 ὀνόματι onomati
Cleopas, Cleopas, one of the two companions of the risen Jesus from Jerusalem to Emmaus. N-NMS H2810 Κλεοπᾶς kleopas
answering, To answer, reply, take up the conversation. V-APP-NMS H611 ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis
alone Only, solitary, desolate. Adj-NMS H3441 μόνος monos
visiting To sojourn, dwell in as a stranger. V-PIA-2S H3939 παροικεῖς paroikeis
Jerusalem (Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church. N-AFS H2419 Ἰερουσαλὴμ ierousalēm
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{have} not No, not. Adv H3756 οὐκ ouk
having come to pass To come into being, to be born, become, come about, happen. V-APM-ANP H1096 γενόμενα genomena
in In, on, among. Prep H1722 ἐν en
the things The, the definite article. DPro-DFP H3778 ταύταις tautais
days?” A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. N-DFP H2250 ἡμέραις ēmerais

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Jerusalem

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Berean Bible And the one named Cleopas, answering, said to Him, “Are You alone visiting Jerusalem and have not known the things having come to pass in it in these days?”
King James Bible And the one named of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering, answering said to Him, “Are You alone visiting Jerusalem unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have hast not known the things having which are come to pass in it there in these days?”days?
Hebrew Greek English And the one One of them, named Cleopas, answering, answered and said to Him, “Are "Are You alone the only one visiting Jerusalem and have not known unaware of the things having come to pass in it which have happened here in these days?”days?"
New American Standard Bible 1995 And the one One of them, named Cleopas, answering, answered and said to Him, “Are "Are You alone the only one visiting Jerusalem and have not known unaware of the things having come to pass in it which have happened here in these days?”days?"