Luke 24:1-35 ▼

1 But on the first of the Sabbaths at early dawn they came to the tomb bringing the spices that they prepared.

2 And they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

3 but having entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass that while they are perplexed about this, behold, two men in dazzling apparel stood by them.

5 And on their having become terrified and bowing the faces to the ground, they said to them, “Why do you? seek the living with the dead?

6 He is not here, but He is risen! Remember how He spoke to you?, being yet in Galilee,

7 saying, ‘It is necessary for the Son of Man to be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.’”

8 And they remembered His words.

9 And having returned from the tomb, they related all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who were saying these things to the apostles.

11 And these words appeared before them like folly, and they did not believe them.

12 But Peter, having risen up, ran to the tomb, and having stooped down, he sees only the linen strips. And he went away, wondering in himself at that having come to pass.

13 And behold, on the same day, two of them were going to a village whose name is Emmaus, sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem.

14 And they were talking with one another about all these things having taken place.

15 And it came to pass, in their talking and reasoning, that Jesus Himself, having drawn near, was walking along with them.

16 But their eyes were held not to know Him.

17 And He said to them, “What are these words that you? exchange with one another, walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.

18 And the one named Cleopas, answering, said to Him, “Are You alone visiting Jerusalem and have not known the things having come to pass in it in these days?”

19 And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the judgment of death, and they crucified Him.

21 But we were hoping it is He who is about to redeem Israel. But indeed also with all these things, this brings the third day away from which these things came to pass.

22 But also, certain women out from us astonished us. Having been to the tomb early this morning

23 and not having found His body, they came declaring to have also seen a vision of angels, who say He is alive.

24 And some of those with us went to the tomb and found it thus, even as the women said. But Him they did not see.”

25 And He said to them, “O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke!

26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

27 And having begun from Moses and from all the Prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

28 And they drew near to the village where they were going, and He appeared to be going farther.

29 And they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and now the day has declined.” And He entered in to abide with them.

30 And it came to pass, in His reclining with them, having taken the bread, that He blessed it; and having broken it, He began giving it to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him. And He, being seen, vanished from them.

32 And they said to one another, “Was not our heart burning within us as He was speaking with us on the road, as He was opening the Scriptures to us?”

33 And having risen up that same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

34 saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and He has appeared to Simon!”

35 And they began relating the things on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.