Luke 24:13–49

Jesus Encountered on the Road to Emmaus

¹³And behold, on that same day, two of them were traveling to a village named^c Emmaus that was sixty stadia^d distant from Jerusalem, ¹⁴and they were conversing with one another about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵And it happened that while they were conversing, and discussing, Jesus himself also approached and^* began to go along with^* them, ¹⁶but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. ¹⁷And he said to them, “What are these matters that you are discussing with one another as you^* are walking along?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸And one of them, named^e Cleopas, answered and^* said to him, “Are you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?” ¹⁹And he said to them, “What things?” So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to a sentence of death, and crucified him. ²¹But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. But in addition to all these things, this is the third day since^f these things took place. ²²But also some women from among us astonished us, who were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³and when they^* did not find his body, they came back saying they had seen even a vision of angels, who said that he was alive! ²⁴And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found it^* like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see.” ²⁵And he said to them, “O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶Was it not necessary that the Christ suffer these things and enter into his glory?” ²⁷And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures. ²⁸And they drew near to the village where they were going, and he acted as though he was going farther. ²⁹And they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent.” And he went in to stay with them. ³⁰And it happened that when he reclined at the table with them, he took the bread and^* gave thanks, and after^* breaking it,^* he gave it^* to them. ³¹And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became invisible to them. ³²And they said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?” ³³And they got up that same hour and^* returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them assembled, ³⁴saying, “The Lord has really been raised, and has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵And they began describing^* what happened^g on the road, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶And while^* they were saying these things, he himself stood there among them.^{h 37}But they were startled and became terrified, and^* thought they had seen a ghost. ³⁸And he said to them, “Why are you frightened? And for what reason do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”^{i 40}And when he^* had said this, he showed them his^* hands and his^* feet. ⁴¹And while^* they were still disbelieving because of joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Do you have anything to eat^j here?” ⁴²So they gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³and he took it^* and^* ate it^* in front of them.

Jesus Commissions His Disciples

⁴⁴And he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I^* was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷and repentance and the forgiveness^k of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations,^l beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And behold, I am sending out^m what was promised by my Father upon you, but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”