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1 But
on the first
day of the
week, at early
dawn, they and
some others came
to the tomb,
bringing the spices
which they had
prepared.
2 They
found the stone
rolled away from
the tomb.
3 They
entered in,
and didn’t find
the Lord Jesus’
body.
4 While
they were greatly perplexed
about this, behold,
two men stood
by them in dazzling
clothing.
5 Becoming
terrified, they
bowed their faces
down to the
earth.
The men said
to them, “Why
do you seek
the living among
the dead?
6 He isn’t
here, but is
risen. Remember
what he told
you when he
was still in
Galilee,
7 saying
that the Son
of Man must
be delivered up
into the hands
of sinful men and
be crucified, and
the third day
rise again?”
8 They
remembered his
words,
9 returned
from the tomb,
and told all these
things to the
eleven and to
all the rest.
10 Now
they were Mary
Magdalene, Joanna,
and Mary the mother
of James. The
other women with
them told these
things to
the apostles.
11 These
words seemed to
them to be
nonsense, and
they didn’t believe
them.
12 But
Peter got up
and ran to
the tomb. Stooping
and looking in,
he saw the strips
of linen lying by
themselves, and
he departed to his
home, wondering
what had happened.
13 Behold,
two of them
were going that
very day to
a village named
Emmaus, which was
sixty stadia
from Jerusalem.
14 They
talked with each
other about all
of these things
which had happened.
15 While
they talked and
questioned together,
Jesus himself came
near, and went
with them.
16 But
their eyes were
kept from
recognizing him.
17 He
said to them,
“What are you
talking about as
you walk, and
are sad?”
18 One
of them, named
Cleopas, answered
him, “Are you
the only stranger
in Jerusalem
who doesn’t know
the things which
have happened
there in these
days?”
19 He
said to them,
“What things?”
They said to
him, “The things
concerning Jesus
the Nazarene, who
was a prophet
mighty in deed
and word before
God and all
the people;
20 and
how the
chief priests and
our rulers delivered
him up to
be condemned to
death, and
crucified him.
21 But
we were hoping
that it was
he who would
redeem Israel. Yes,
and besides all
this, it is
now the third
day since these
things happened.
22 Also,
certain women of
our company amazed
us, having arrived
early at the
tomb;
23 and
when they didn’t
find his body,
they came saying
that they had
also seen a
vision of angels,
who said that
he was alive.
24 Some
of us went
to the tomb
and found it
just like the
women had said,
but they didn’t
see him.”
25 He
said to them,
“Foolish people,
and slow of
heart to believe
in all that
the prophets
have spoken!
26 Didn’t the
Christ have to
suffer these
things and to
enter into his
glory?”
27 Beginning
from Moses and
from all the
prophets, he
explained to them
in all the
Scriptures the
things concerning
himself.
28 They
came near to
the village where
they were going,
and he acted like
he would go
further.
29 They
urged him, saying,
“Stay with us,
for it is almost
evening, and the
day is almost
over.”
He went in
to stay with
them.
30 When
he had sat
down at the table
with them, he
took the bread and
gave thanks. Breaking
it, he gave
it to them.
31 Their
eyes were opened
and they
recognized him;
then he vanished
out of their
sight.
32 They
said to one
another, “Weren’t
our hearts burning
within us while
he spoke to
us along the
way, and while
he opened the
Scriptures to us?”
33 They
rose up that
very hour,
returned to
Jerusalem, and
found the eleven
gathered together,
and those who
were with them,
34 saying, “The
Lord is risen
indeed, and has
appeared to Simon!”
35 They
related the things
that happened
along the way,
and how he
was recognized by
them in the
breaking of
the bread.
36 As
they said these
things, Jesus himself
stood among them,
and said to
them,
“Peace be to
you.”
37 But
they were
terrified and filled
with fear, and
supposed that they
had seen a
spirit.
38 He
said to them,
“Why are you
troubled? Why do
doubts arise in
your hearts?
39 See my hands
and my feet,
that it is truly
me. Touch me
and see, for
a spirit doesn’t
have flesh and
bones, as you
see that I
have.”
40 When
he had said
this, he showed
them his hands
and his feet.
41 While
they still didn’t
believe for joy,
and wondered, he
said to them,
“Do you have
anything here to
eat?”
42 They
gave him a
piece of a
broiled fish and
some honeycomb.
43 He
took them, and
ate in front
of them.
44 He
said to them,
“This is what
I told you
while I was
still with you,
that all things
which are
written in the
law of Moses,
the prophets,
and the psalms
concerning me
must be
fulfilled.”
45 Then
he opened their
minds, that they
might understand
the Scriptures.
46 He
said to them,
“Thus it is
written, and
thus it
was necessary for
the Christ to
suffer and to
rise from the
dead the third
day,
47 and that
repentance and remission
of sins should
be preached in
his name to
all the nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
48 You are
witnesses of
these things.
49 Behold, I send
out the promise
of my Father
on you. But wait
in the city
of Jerusalem until
you are clothed
with power from
on high.”
50 He
led them out
as far as Bethany,
and he lifted
up his hands
and blessed them.
51 While
he blessed them,
he withdrew from
them and was
carried up into
heaven.
52 They
worshiped him and
returned to
Jerusalem with
great joy,
53 and
were continually
in the temple,
praising and
blessing God. Amen.