<p>16:12<i> And after these things he was manifested in another guise to two of them as they walked on their way into the countryside</i>- The two could well have been Cleopas and his wife Mary, who had been at the crucifixion (see on Lk. 24:13). We wonder why He appeared in various forms which as it were disguised Him. Perhaps this was because He wanted them to believe with a minimum of miracle; He wanted them, as He wants us, to join the dots and believe, rather than having His in-your-face revelation directly to as it were force belief. And maybe the lesson was also that the same Lord can reveal Himself to us in different ways and forms through the persons of various ordinary people. Note too that <i>morphe</i>, &quot;guise&quot; or &quot;form&quot;, does not refer to His essential nature, but to His appearance and deportment. This is valuable to bear in mind when considering the usage of <i>morphe</i> in Phil. 2 &quot;the form of God&quot;.</p>