Luke 24

¹But on the first day of the week , at early dawn , they went to the tomb , taking the spices they had prepared .

²And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb ,

³but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus .

⁴While they were perplexed about this , behold , two men stood by them in dazzling apparel .

⁵And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground , the men said to them , Why do you seek the living among the dead ?

⁶He is not here , but has risen . Remember how he told you , while he was still in Galilee ,

⁷that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise .

⁸And they remembered his words ,

⁹and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest .

¹⁰Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles ,

¹¹but these words seemed to them an idle tale , and they did not believe them .

¹²But Peter rose and ran to the tomb ; stooping and looking in , he saw the linen cloths by themselves ; and he went home marveling at what had happened .

¹³That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus , about seven miles from Jerusalem ,

¹⁴and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened .

¹⁵While they were talking and discussing together , Jesus himself drew near and went with them .

¹⁶But their eyes were kept from recognizing him .

¹⁷And he said to them , What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk ? And they stood still , looking sad .

¹⁸Then one of them, named Cleopas , answered him , Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days ?

¹⁹And he said to them , What things ? And they said to him , Concerning Jesus of Nazareth , a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people ,

²⁰and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death , and crucified him .

²¹But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel . Yes , and besides all this , it is now the third day since these things happened .

²²Moreover , some women of our company amazed us . They were at the tomb early in the morning ,

²³and when they did not find his body , they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels , who said that he was alive .

²⁴Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said , but him they did not see .

²⁵And he said to them , O foolish ones , and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken !

²⁶Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory ?

²⁷And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets , he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself .

²⁸So they drew near to the village to which they were going . He acted as if he were going farther ,

²⁹but they urged him strongly , saying , Stay with us , for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent . So he went in to stay with them .

³⁰When he was at table with them , he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them .

³¹And their eyes were opened , and they recognized him . And he vanished from their sight .

³²They said to each other , Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road , while he opened to us the Scriptures ?

³³And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem . And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together ,

³⁴saying , The Lord has risen indeed , and has appeared to Simon !

³⁵Then they told what had happened on the road , and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread .

³⁶As they were talking about these things , Jesus himself stood among them , and said to them , Peace to you !

³⁷But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit .

³⁸And he said to them , Why are you troubled , and why do doubts arise in your hearts ?

³⁹See my hands and my feet , that it is I myself . Touch me , and see . For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have .

⁴⁰And when he had said this , he showed them his hands and his feet .

⁴¹And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling , he said to them , Have you anything here to eat ?

⁴²They gave him a piece of broiled fish ,

⁴³and he took it and ate before them .

⁴⁴Then he said to them , These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you , that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled .

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures ,

⁴⁶and said to them , Thus it is written , that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead ,

⁴⁷and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations , beginning from Jerusalem .

⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things .

⁴⁹And behold , I am sending the promise of my Father upon you . But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high .

⁵⁰Then he led them out as far as Bethany , and lifting up his hands he blessed them .

⁵¹While he blessed them , he parted from them and was carried up into heaven .

⁵²And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy ,

⁵³and were continually in the temple blessing God .