Road to Emmaus Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Road to Emmaus crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Luke 24:13–35), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the The Road to Emmaus Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

The same day Jesus rose, two disciples, one of them named Cleopas, walked to a village called Emmaus and were sad. Jesus himself drew near and went with them, "but their eyes were holden that they should not know him," and beginning at Moses and all the prophets He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. They said, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening," and as He sat at meat with them, He took bread, blessed it, brake, and gave to them; then their eyes were opened, they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight. They said, "Did not our heart burn within us," and they rose up the same hour, returned to Jerusalem and heard, "The Lord is risen indeed." Read the whole story in Luke 24:13–35 (KJV).

Memory verse: "Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon." (Luke 24:34, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• Two of them went that same day to a ___ called Emmaus. (Luke 24:13)
• Jesus asked what they talked of as they walked, and why they were ___. (Luke 24:17)
• Jesus began at Moses and all the ___. (Luke 24:27)
• He expounded unto them in all the ___ the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27)
• "Abide with us: for it is toward ___." (Luke 24:29)
• He took bread, and ___ it, and brake, and gave to them. (Luke 24:30)
• "Did not our heart ___ within us?" (Luke 24:32)
• They rose up the same hour, and returned to ___. (Luke 24:33)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.