24 Now, early in the morning on the first day of the week, they (and some women with them) came to the sepulcher and brought the spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
3 And they went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened that (as they were perplexed by this) behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining garments.
5 And being afraid, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek Him who lives among the dead?
6 “He is not here but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful man, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
8 And they remembered his words,
9 and returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the remnant.
10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them who told these things to the Apostles.
11 But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
12 Then Peter arose and ran to the sepulcher and looked in and saw the linen clothes laid by themselves. And he departed, wondering to himself what had happened.
13 And behold, that same day two of them went to a town called Emmaus, which was about sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
14 And they talked together of all these things that had happened.
15 And it happened that as they talked together, and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.
16 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
17 And He said to them, “What kind of conversations are these that you are having as you walk and are sad?”
18 And the one named Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which have happened there in these days?”
19 And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “Of Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet, mighty in deed and in word before God and all people.
20 “And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death and have crucified Him.
21 “But we had hoped that it was He Who would deliver Israel. And today is the third day since all these things happened.
22 “Indeed, and some women among us (who came early to the sepulcher) astonished us.
23 “And when they did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels. Who said that He was alive.
24 “Therefore, some of them who were with us went to the sepulcher and found it just as the women had said. But they did not see Him.”
25 Then He said to them, “O fools! And slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!
26 “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?”
27 And He began at Moses, and at all the Prophets, and interpreted for them the things which were written of Him in all the Scriptures.
28 And they drew near to the town where they were going. And He pretended like He was going further.
29 But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us! For it is towards evening, and the day is far spent!” So, He went in to stay with them.
30 And it happened that as He sat at table with them, He took the bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened. And they knew Him. And He vanished.
32 And they said among themselves, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us along the way and when He opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 And they rose up that same hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,
34 who said, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
35 Then they told them what had happened along the way, and how He was known by them in the breaking of bread.
36 And as they spoke these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them and said to them, “Peace to you.”
37 But they were terrified and full of fear, thinking that they had seen a spirit.
38 Then He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 “Look at My hands and My feet. For it is I, Myself. Touch Me and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.
41 And while they still did not believe for joy, and wondered, He said to them, “Do you have any food here?”
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43 And He took it and ate before them.
44 And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you - that all which is written of Me in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, must be fulfilled.
45 Then He opened their minds, so that they might understand the Scriptures.
46 And said to them, “Thus is it written. And thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead the third day,
47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 “Now, you are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are filled with power from on high.”
50 Afterward, He led them out into Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.
51 And it happened that, as He blessed them, He departed from them and was carried up into Heaven.
52 And they worshipped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 and were continually in the Temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
