¹Then on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they went to the tomb carrying the fragrances which they had prepared, and some others went with them, ²and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³and when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass as they were at a loss on this matter, that – to their surprise – two men in dazzling clothes came up to them. ⁵Then, as they had become frightened and were bowing face down to the ground, they said to them, “Why are you seeking among the dead him who is alive? ⁶He is not here, but he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee, ⁷when he said that the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and rise on the third day.” ⁸At this they remembered his words, ⁹and they returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰So it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James and the others with them, who told the apostles these things. ¹¹But their words appeared in their opinion to be nonsense, and they disbelieved them. ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, and he stooped and saw the linen strips lying on their own, and he went off home, astonished at what had taken place. ¹³Then, as it happened, two of them were walking on that day to a village which was sixty stades distant from Jerusalem, which had the name Emmaus. ¹⁴And they were talking to each other about all these things that had taken place, ¹⁵and it came to pass while they were talking and assessing things, that Jesus himself approached and walked along with them, ¹⁶but their eyes were held back from recognizing him. ¹⁷Then he said to them, “What are these words which you are exchanging with one another as you walk and are sullen?” ¹⁸So one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said to him, “Are you the only one staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened in it in recent days?” ¹⁹Then he said to them, “What things?” They then said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word in the presence of God and all the people, ²⁰and how the senior priests and our rulers delivered him up to a sentence of death and had him crucified, ²¹whereas we were hoping that he was the one who would liberate Israel. But as it is, with all these things, he has passed through this third day today since these things took place without doing so. ²²Not only this, but some of our women astonished us after they had gone to the tomb early in the morning, ²³and when they did not find his body, they came also telling us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive, ²⁴at which some of those with us went off to the tomb, and they found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ²⁵Then he said to them, “O witless men and slow in heart to believe all the things the prophets have spoken. ²⁶Did not Christ have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” ²⁷Then, starting from Moses and from all the prophets, he gave them an exposition of all the scriptures concerning himself. ²⁸Then they came near to the village to which they were going, and he made as if to go further, ²⁹but they urged him not to, and they said, “Stay with us, for it is towards evening and the day has declined. So he went in to stay with them.” ³⁰Subsequently, it came to pass while he was reclining at table with them that he took the bread and gave blessing, and he broke it and handed some to them, ³¹and their eyes were opened wide, and they recognized him. Then he became invisible to them. ³²Then they said to each other, “Was not our heart burning inside us while he was speaking to us on the way and when he expounded the scriptures to us?” ³³Then they got up at that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven, and those associated with them, assembled, ³⁴just as they were saying, “The Lord really has risen and has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵Then they related in detail the things on the way, and how he became known to them at the time of the breaking of the bread. ³⁶And while they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.” ³⁷But being terrified and fearful, they thought they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸Then he said to them, “Why are you disturbed, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹See my hands and my feet, and that it is me myself. Feel me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” ⁴⁰Then when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹And while they still disbelieved for joy and were amazed, he said to them, “Have you got any food here?” ⁴²They then handed him a piece of grilled fish and some honeycomb, ⁴³which he took in their presence and ate. ⁴⁴And he said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you when I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me needs to be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵Then he opened up their mind to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶And he said to them, “So it stands written and so the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷and for repentance and forgiveness of sins to be preached in his name to all the nations, starting from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸And you are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And mark this, I am sending my father's promise over you. So stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are invested with power from on high.” ⁵⁰Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them, ⁵¹and it came to pass while he was blessing them that he became separated from them and was carried up to heaven. ⁵²At this they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.