24:1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

24:2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

24:3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

24:4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.

24:5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?

24:6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:

24:7 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"

24:8 Then they remembered his words.

24:9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.

24:11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

24:12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

24:13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

24:14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.

24:15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;

24:16 but they were kept from recognizing him.

24:17 He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?" They stood still, their faces downcast.

24:18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"

24:19 "What things?" he asked. "About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.

24:20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;

24:21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

24:22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning

24:23 but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

24:24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see."

24:25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

24:26 Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"

24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

24:28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.

24:29 But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.

24:30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.

24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.

24:32 They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

24:33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together

24:34 and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon."

24:35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.

24:36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

24:37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

24:38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

24:39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."

24:40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

24:41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

24:42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

24:43 and he took it and ate it in their presence.

24:44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."

24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

24:46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

24:47 and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

24:48 You are witnesses of these things.

24:49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

24:50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

24:51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

24:52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

24:53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.