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24:1  On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
24:2  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
24:3  They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
24:4  While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.
24:5  So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground. “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.
24:6  “He is not here, but he has risen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,
24:7  saying, ‘It is necessary that the Son of Man be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’ ?”
24:8  And they remembered his words.
24:9  Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.
24:10  Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.
24:11  But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
24:12  Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went away, amazed at what had happened.
24:13  Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
24:14  Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.
24:15  And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus himself came near and began to walk along with them.
24:16  But they were prevented from recognizing him.
24:17  Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.
24:18  The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”
24:19  “What things?” he asked them. So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,
24:20  and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.
24:21  But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.
24:22  Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,
24:23  and when they didn’t find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.
24:24  Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”
24:25  He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
24:26  Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
24:27  Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.
24:28  They came near the village where they were going, and he gave the impression that he was going farther.
24:29  But they urged him, “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
24:30  It was as he reclined at the table with them that he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
24:31  Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.
24:32  They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”
24:33  That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,
24:34  who said, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
24:35  Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
24:36  As they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace to you!”
24:37  But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.
24:38  “Why are you troubled?” he asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
24:39  Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
24:40  Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet.
24:41  But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
24:42  So they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,
24:43  and he took it and ate in their presence.
24:44  He told 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, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
24:45  Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
24:46  He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day,
24:47  and repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
24:48  You are witnesses of these things.
24:49  And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”
24:50  Then he led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
24:51  And while he was blessing them, he left them and was carried up into heaven.
24:52  After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
24:53  And they were continually in the temple praising God.