Luke 24:13–35

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. 

²⁸When they came near the village where they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. ²⁹They urged him, “Stay with us! It’s getting late, and the day is almost over.” So he went to stay with them. 

³⁰While he was at the table with them, he took bread and blessed it. He broke the bread and gave it to them. ³¹Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. But he vanished from their sight. 

³²They said to each other, “Weren’t we excited when he talked with us on the road and opened up the meaning of the Scriptures for us?” 

³³That same hour they went back to Jerusalem. They found the eleven apostles and those who were with them gathered together. ³⁴They were saying, “The Lord has really come back to life and has appeared to Simon.” 

³⁵Then the two disciples told what had happened on the road and how they had recognized Jesus when he broke the bread.