Luke 24

¹On the first day of the week, at the deep of dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. ²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they entered, they did not find the body. ⁴And while they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood before them in clothing that flashed like lightning. ⁵The women became terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead? ⁶He is not here—he has been raised. Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee, ⁷saying that the Son of Man must be handed over into the hands of sinful people and be crucified, and on the third day rise." ⁸And they remembered his words.

⁹Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James—these and the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. ¹¹But these words appeared to them like delirious nonsense, and they refused to believe the women. ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping to peer in, he saw only the linen wrappings. And he went away to his home, wondering at what had happened.

¹³Now look—on that same day, two of them were traveling to a village sixty stadia from Jerusalem, named Emmaus, ¹⁴and they were conversing with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵And while they were conversing and discussing, Jesus himself drew near and began walking with them, ¹⁶but their eyes were held back from recognizing him.

¹⁷He said to them, "What are these words you are tossing back and forth with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, their faces downcast. ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there in these days?"

¹⁹He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene—a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people; ²⁰and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. ²¹But we had been hoping that he was the one about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, today is now the third day since these things happened. ²²Moreover, some women from among us astounded us. They went to the tomb early in the morning ²³and, not finding his body, came back saying they had even seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. ²⁴Some of those 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 spoke! ²⁶Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?" ²⁷And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

²⁸They drew near to the village where they were going, and he acted as though he would travel further. ²⁹But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is toward evening and the day has already declined." So he went in to stay with them.

³⁰And when he reclined at table with them, he took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and began giving it to them. ³¹Their eyes were opened and they recognized him—and he became invisible from them. ³²They said to each other, "Was not our heart burning within us while he was speaking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?"

³³Rising up that very hour, they returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them gathered together, ³⁴saying, "The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!" ³⁵And they began recounting what had happened on the road and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

³⁶While they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. ³⁷Startled and terrified, they thought they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹Look at my hands and my feet—that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." ⁴⁰[And saying this, he showed them his hands and feet.]

⁴¹But while they were still disbelieving from joy and marveling, he said to them, "Do you have anything to eat here?" ⁴²They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³and taking it, he ate it before them.

⁴⁴He 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: the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷and repentance for the forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations—beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And look—I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But you are to remain in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

⁵⁰He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹And while he was blessing 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.