Luke 24

CHAPTER 24

Jesus Is Risen!

^1aNow on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.

²And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

³but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^athe Lord Jesus.

⁴And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, ^atwo men suddenly ^bstood near them in dazzling clothing,

⁵and when the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

⁶“He is not here, but He ^ahas ¹risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^bwhile He was still in Galilee,

⁷saying that ^athe Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

⁸And ^athey remembered His words,

⁹and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

¹⁰Now ^aMary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women with them were there; they were telling these things to ^bthe apostles.

¹¹But these words appeared ¹to them as nonsense, and they ^awere not believing them.

¹²But Peter stood up and ^aran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he ^*saw the linen wrappings ¹only. And he went away ^bby himself, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³And behold, ^atwo of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was ¹sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

¹⁴And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had happened.

¹⁵And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus Himself approached and was going with them.

¹⁶But ^atheir eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

¹⁷And He said to them, “What are these words that you are discussing with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.

¹⁸And one of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ¹the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?”

¹⁹And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about ^aJesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty ^bprophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,

²⁰and how the chief priests and our ^arulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.

²¹“But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^aredeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.

²²“But also some women among us astounded us. ^aWhen they were at the tomb early in the morning,

²³and not finding His body, they came, saying 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 exactly as the women also said, but Him they did not see.”

²⁵And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that ^athe prophets have spoken!

²⁶“^aWas it not necessary for the ¹Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

²⁷Then beginning ¹with ^aMoses and ²with all the ^bprophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸And they approached the village where they were going, and ^aHe acted as though He were going farther.

²⁹But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day ¹is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.

³⁰And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^ablessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them.

³¹Then their ^aeyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from ¹their sight.

³²And they said to one another, “¹Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^awas opening the Scriptures to us?”

³³And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^afound gathered together the eleven and ^bthose with them,

³⁴who were saying, “^aThe Lord has really risen and ^bhas appeared to Simon.”

³⁵And they were relating ¹their experiences on the road and how ^aHe was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶Now while they were telling these things, ^aHe Himself stood in their midst and ^*said to them, “Peace to you.”

³⁷But being startled and frightened, they were thinking that they were seeing ^aa spirit.

³⁸And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ¹hearts?

³⁹“^aSee My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^btouch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

⁴⁰And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

⁴¹And while they still ^awere not believing because of their joy and were still marveling, He said to them, “^bHave you anything here to eat?”

⁴²They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish,

⁴³and He took it and ^aate it before them.

⁴⁴Now He said to them, “^aThese are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the ^bLaw of Moses and the Prophets and ^cthe Psalms must be fulfilled.”

⁴⁵Then He ^aopened their ¹minds to understand the Scriptures,

⁴⁶and He said to them, “^aThus it is written, that the ¹Christ would suffer and ^brise again from the dead the third day,

⁴⁷and that ^arepentance ¹for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ²in His name to ^ball the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁸“You are ^awitnesses of these things.

⁴⁹“And behold, ^aI am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but ^byou are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰And He led them out as far as ^aBethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them.

⁵¹And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

⁵²And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

⁵³and were continually in the temple blessing God.