Luke 24:26–53

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

²⁷Then beginning ¹with ^aMoses and with all the ^bprophets, He explained 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, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ¹is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.

³⁰When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^ablessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

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

³²They said to one another, “¹Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^awas ²explaining the Scriptures to us?”

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

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

³⁵They began to relate ¹their experiences on the road and how ^aHe was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

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

³⁷But they were startled and frightened and thought 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.

⁴¹While they still ^1acould not believe it because of their joy and amazement, 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 forth 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 He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

⁵¹While 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 ¹praising God.