24:9 and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
24:10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
24:11 But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
24:12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
24:13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
24:14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.
24:15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.
24:16 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
24:17 And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad.
24:18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?"
24:19 And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,
24:20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.
24:21 "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.
24:22 "But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning,
24:23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.
24:24 "Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see."
24:25 And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
24:26 "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"
24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
24:28 And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther.
24:29 But they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.
24:30 When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.
24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
24:32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?"
24:33 And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them,
24:34 saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon."
24:35 They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
24:36 While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be to you."
24:37 But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit.
24:38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
24:39 "See 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."
24:40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.
24:41 While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"
24:44 Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
24:45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
24:46 and He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
24:47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
24:49 "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
24:50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
24:51 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
24:52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
24:53 and were continually in the temple praising God.
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