| | 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. | |
| | 2 | They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, | |
| | 3 | but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. | |
| | 4 | While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. | |
| | 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? | |
| | 6 | He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: | |
| | 7 | 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'" | |
| | 8 | Then they remembered his words. | |
| | 9 | When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. | |
| | 10 | It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. | |
| | 11 | But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. | |
| | 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. | |
| | 13 | Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. | |
| | 14 | They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. | |
| | 15 | As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; | |
| | 16 | but they were kept from recognizing him. | |
| | 17 | He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?" They stood still, their faces downcast. | |
| | 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?" | |
| | 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. | |
| | 20 | The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; | |
| | 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. | |
| | 22 | In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning | |
| | 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 | Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see." | |
| | 25 | He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! | |
| | 26 | Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" | |
| | 27 | And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. | |
| | 28 | As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. | |
| | 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. | |
| | 30 | When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. | |
| | 31 | Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. | |
| | 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?" | |
| | 33 | They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together | |
| | 34 | and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon." | |
| | 35 | Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. | |
| | 36 | While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." | |
| | 37 | They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. | |
| | 38 | He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? | |
| | 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." | |
| | 40 | When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. | |
| | 41 | And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" | |
| | 42 | They gave him a piece of broiled fish, | |
| | 43 | and he took it and ate it in their presence. | |
| | 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." | |
| | 45 | Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. | |
| | 46 | He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, | |
| | 47 | and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. | |
| | 48 | You are witnesses of these things. | |
| | 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." | |
| | 50 | When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. | |
| | 51 | While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. | |
| | 52 | Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. | |
| | 53 | And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. | |
