Luke 24:1–27

Jesus Comes Back to Life—Matthew 28:1–10; Mark 16:1–8; John 20:1–10

¹Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb. They were carrying the spices that they had prepared. ²They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. ³When they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were puzzled about this, two men in clothes that were as bright as lightning suddenly stood beside them. ⁵The women were terrified and bowed to the ground. 

The men asked the women, “Why are you looking among the dead for the living one? ⁶He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee. ⁷He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and come back to life on the third day.’ ” ⁸Then the women remembered what Jesus had told them. 

⁹The women left the tomb and went back to the city. They told everything to the eleven apostles and all the others. ¹⁰The women were Mary from Magdala, Joanna, and Mary (the mother of James). There were also other women with them. They told the apostles everything. 

¹¹The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them. 

¹²But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down to look inside and saw only the strips of linen. Then he went away, wondering what had happened. 

Jesus Appears to Disciples on a Road to Emmaus

¹³On the same day, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village called Emmaus. It was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking to each other about everything that had happened. 

¹⁵While they were talking, Jesus approached them and began walking with them. ¹⁶Although they saw him, they didn’t recognize him. 

¹⁷He asked them, “What are you discussing?” 

They stopped and looked very sad. ¹⁸One of them, Cleopas, replied, “Are you the only one in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has happened recently?” 

¹⁹“What happened?” he asked. 

They said to him, “We were discussing what happened to Jesus from Nazareth. He was a powerful prophet in what he did and said in the sight of God and all the people. ²⁰Our chief priests and rulers had him condemned to death and crucified. ²¹We were hoping that he was the one who would free Israel. What’s more, this is now the third day since everything happened. ²²Some of the women from our group startled us. They went to the tomb early this morning ²³and didn’t find his body. They told us that they had seen angels who said that he’s alive. ²⁴Some of our men went to the tomb and found it empty, as the women had said, but they didn’t see him.” 

²⁵Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said! ²⁶Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” ²⁷Then he began with Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets to explain to them what was said about him throughout the Scriptures.