1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb. They brought the spices they had prepared, and some others came with them.
2They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb.
3They went in, but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4While they were very puzzled about this, look, two men stood beside them in shining clothes.
5The women were afraid, and they bowed their faces to the ground. 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 spoke to you while he was still in Galilee."
7"He said, 'The Son of man must be handed over into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.'"
8Then they remembered his words.
9They came back from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
11But their words seemed to the apostles like empty stories, and they did not believe them.
12Then Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw the linen cloths lying by themselves. He went away, wondering to himself about what had happened.
13Look, that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
14They were talking together about all these things that had happened.
15While they talked together and discussed it, Jesus himself came near and walked with them.
16But their eyes were held, so that they did not know him.
17He said to them, "What are you talking about with each other as you walk, and why are you sad?"
18One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
19He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people."
20"Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him."
21"But we had hoped that he was the one who would redeem Israel. Besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened."
22"And some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early,"
23"and when they did not find his body, they came and said that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive."
24"Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said. But they did not see him."
25Then he said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken."
26"Did not Christ have to suffer these things and then enter into his glory?"
27Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said about himself in all the scriptures.
28They came near the village where they were going, and he acted as if he would go further.
29But they urged him, saying, "Stay with us. It is almost evening, and the day is nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.
30While he sat at the table with them, he took bread and blessed it. He broke it and gave it to them.
31Then their eyes were opened, and they knew him. And he disappeared from their sight.
32They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning inside us while he talked with us on the road, and while he opened the scriptures to us?"
33They got up that same hour and went back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them.
34They were saying, "The Lord has truly risen, and has appeared to Simon."
35Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they knew him when he broke the bread.
36While they were speaking, Jesus himself stood among them. He said to them, "Peace be to you."
37But they were terrified and afraid. They thought they were seeing a spirit.
38He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts rise in your hearts?"
39"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see. A spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."
40When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41They still could not believe it for joy, and they were amazed. So he said to them, "Do you have any food here?"
42They gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43He took it and ate it in front of them.
44He said to them, "These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms must be fulfilled."
45Then he opened their minds, so that they could understand the scriptures.
46He said to them, "This is what is written: Christ had to suffer, and to rise from the dead on the third day."
47"And repentance and forgiveness of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
48"And you are witnesses of these things."
49"Look, I am sending on you what my Father promised. But stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
50Then he led them out as far as Bethany. He lifted up his hands and blessed them.
51While he was blessing them, he was parted from them and carried up into heaven.
52They worshipped him, and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.
53They were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.