Luke 24
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they went to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 But when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them, wearing gleaming clothes.
5 They were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, and the men said to them, “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here; he has risen. Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee.
7 He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and rise on the third day.’”
8 Then they remembered his words.
9 They returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to everyone else.
10 They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
11 Their words seemed to them like nonsense, and they did not believe them.
12 ⟦Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending down, he saw only the linen cloths, and he went away, amazed at what had happened.⟧
13 That same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
15 As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself came near and began walking with them.
16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing with each other as you walk?” They stopped, looking sad.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there in these days?”
19 He asked them, “What things?” They answered him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people.
20 And how the chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.
21 We had hoped he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. But besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.
22 But some women from among us amazed us: they went to the tomb early in the morning.
23 They did not find his body, and they came back saying they had also seen a vision of angels, who say he is alive.
24 Some of our people went to the tomb and found everything just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
25 Then he said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe everything the prophets spoke!
26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter his glory?”
27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what referred to him in all the Scriptures.
28 They came near the village they were going to, and he acted as though he were going farther.
29 But they urged him, “Stay with us, because it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he disappeared from their sight.
32 They said to each other, “Wasn’t our heart burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?”
33 At once they got up and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and those with them gathered together.
34 They were saying, “The Lord has truly risen and has appeared to Simon.”
35 The two told what had happened on the road and how he had been recognized by them when he broke the bread.
36 While they were talking about this, he himself stood among them ⟦and said to them, “Peace to you.”⟧
37 Startled and filled with fear, they thought they were seeing a spirit.
38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 Look at my hands and my feet: it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”
40 ⟦After saying this, he showed them his hands and his feet.⟧
41 While they still did not believe because of their joy and were amazed, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
42 They gave him a piece of roasted fish.
43 He took it and ate it in front of them.
44 Then he said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled.”
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he said to them:
46 “This is what is written: the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.
47 And repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And look, I am sending you what my Father promised; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
50 Then he led them out as far as the vicinity of Bethany and, lifting his hands, blessed them.
51 While he was blessing them, he parted from them ⟦and was carried up into heaven⟧.
52 And they ⟦worshiped him and⟧ returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
53 They were continually in the temple, blessing God.
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