Luke 24:22-36

²²On the other hand, some women from our group amazed us. Early this morning they went to the tomb,

²³but Jesus' body was not there! They came back and said that they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels said that he was alive!

²⁴Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb. They saw that things were exactly as the women had reported. But they did not see Jesus.”

²⁵He said to them, “ You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah!

²⁶◄ You should certainly have known that it was necessary that the Messiah should suffer all those things and die, and then enter his glorious home in heaven!/Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer all those things and die, and then enter his glorious home in heaven?► RHQ”

²⁷Then he explained to them all the things that the prophets had written in the Scriptures about himself. He started with what Moses MTY wrote and then explained to them what all the other prophets wrote.

²⁸They came near to the village to which the two men were going. Jesus indicated that he would go further,

²⁹but they urged him to not do that. They said, “Stay with us tonight, because it is late in the afternoon and it will soon be dark.” So he went in the house to stay with them.

³⁰When they sat down to eat, he took some bread and asked God to bless it. He broke it and gave some pieces to them.

³¹And just then God enabled them to recognize MTY him. But immediately he disappeared!

³²The two men said to each other, “ While we were walking along the road and he talked with us and enabled us (inc) to understand the Scriptures, we became so excited that it was as though MET a fire was burning within us RHQ! We should not stay here; we should go tell the others what happened!”

³³So they left immediately and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven apostles and others who had gathered together with them

³⁴who told those two men, “It is true that the Lord has become alive again, and he has appeared to Peter!”

³⁵Then those two men told the others what had happened as they were walking along the road. They also told them how they both recognized Jesus as he broke some bread for them.

³⁶As they were saying that, Jesus himself suddenly appeared among them. He said to them, “ May God give you inner peace!”