Albert Barnes Commentary Luke 24:33

"And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them," — Luke 24:33 (ASV)

The same hour. Though it was late, and they had stopped, as they thought, for the night, yet such was their joy that they hastened to tell it to their companions and friends. This was natural and proper, and it shows how quick and ready those who have found the Saviour are to tell it to others . Young converts to Christ should hasten to tell their joy, and should not shrink from self-denial to proclaim to others what God has done for the soul (Psalms 66:16).

"My lips and cheerful heart, prepare
To make His mercies known;
Come, you who fear my God, and hear
The wonders He has done.

When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought His heavenly aid;
He saved my sinking soul from hell,
And death's eternal shade."

The eleven. The eleven apostles. Judas was now dead. This shows that the two who went to Emmaus were not apostles.