Luke 24:18-53

¹⁸and then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, said to Jesus, “Are you staying by yourself at Jerusalem, that you have not heard of the things that have happened there within the last few days?”

¹⁹“What things do you mean?” asked Jesus. “Why, about Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered, “who, in the eyes of God and all the people, was a prophet, whose power was felt in both his words and actions;

²⁰and how the chief priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and afterward crucified him.

²¹But we were hoping that he was the Destined Deliverer of Israel; yes, and besides all this, it is now three days since these things occurred.

²²And what is more, some of the women amongst us have greatly astonished us. They went to the tomb at daybreak

²³And, not finding the body of Jesus there, came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he was alive.

²⁴So some of our number went to the tomb and found everything just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

²⁵Then Jesus said to them, “Foolish men, slow to accept all that the prophets have said!

²⁶Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering into his glory?”

²⁷Then, beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them all through the scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

²⁸When they got near the village to which they were walking, Jesus appeared to be going further;

²⁹but they pressed him not to do so. “Stay with us,” they said, “for it is getting towards evening, and the sun in already low.” So Jesus went in to stay with them.

³⁰After he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread and said the blessing, and broke it, and gave it to them.

³¹Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he disappeared from their sight.

³²“How our hearts glowed,” the disciples said to each other, “while he was talking to us on the road, and when he explained the scriptures to us!”

³³Then they immediately got up and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven and their companions all together,

³⁴who told them that the Master had really risen, and had appeared to Simon.

³⁵So they also related what had happened during their walk, and how they had recognised Jesus at the breaking of the bread.

³⁶While they were still talking about these things, Jesus himself stood amongst them.

³⁷In their terror and alarm they thought they saw a ghost,

³⁸but Jesus said to them, “Why are you so startled? And why do doubts arise in your minds?

³⁹Look at my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is I. Feel me, and look at me, for a ghost has not flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

⁴¹While they were still unable to believe it all, overcome with joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

⁴²They handed him a piece of broiled fish,

⁴³and he took it and ate it before their eyes.

⁴⁴“This is what I told you,” he said, “when I was still with you — that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled.”

⁴⁵Then he enabled them to understand the meaning of the scriptures, saying to them,

⁴⁶“Scripture says that the Christ will suffer, and that he will rise again from the dead on the third day,

⁴⁷and that repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed on his authority to all the nations — beginning at Jerusalem.

⁴⁸You yourselves are to be witnesses to all this.

⁴⁹And now I am myself about to send you that which my Father has promised. But you must remain in the city until you have been invested with power from above.”

⁵⁰After this, Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and there raised his hands and blessed them.

⁵¹As he was in the act of blessing them, he left them.

⁵²They returned to Jerusalem full of joy;

⁵³and they were constantly in the Temple Courts, blessing God.