Luke 24:1–27

Jesus Rises From the Dead

24It was very early in the morning on the first day of the week. The women took the spices they had prepared. Then they went to the tomb. ²They found the stone rolled away from it. ³When they entered the tomb, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴They were wondering about this.

Suddenly two men in clothes as bright as lightning stood beside them. ⁵The women were terrified. They bowed down with their faces to the ground.

Then the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶Jesus is not here! He has risen! Remember how he told you he would rise. It was while he was still with you in Galilee. ⁷He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people. He must be nailed to a cross. On the third day he will rise from the dead.’ ”

⁸Then the women remembered Jesus’ words.

⁹They came back from the tomb. They told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them were the ones who told the apostles. ¹¹But the apostles did not believe the women. Their words didn’t make any sense to them.

¹²But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent over and saw the strips of linen lying by themselves. Then he went away, wondering what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

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

¹⁵As they talked about those things, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. ¹⁶But God kept them from recognizing him.

¹⁷Jesus asked them, “What are you talking about as you walk along?”

They stood still, and their faces were sad. ¹⁸One of them was named Cleopas. He said to Jesus, “You must be a visitor to Jerusalem. If you lived there, you would know the things that have happened there in the last few days.”

¹⁹“What things?” Jesus asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet. He was powerful in what he said and did in the eyes of God and all of the people. ²⁰The chief priests and our rulers handed Jesus over to be sentenced to death. They nailed him to a cross. ²¹But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to set Israel free. Also, it is the third day since all this happened.

²²“Some of our women amazed us too. Early this morning they went to the tomb. ²³But they didn’t find his body. So they came and told us what they had seen. They saw angels, who said Jesus was alive. ²⁴Then some of our friends went to the tomb. They saw it was empty, just as the women had said. They didn’t see Jesus’ body there.”

²⁵Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! How long it takes you to believe all that the prophets said! ²⁶Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and then receive his glory?”

²⁷Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures. He began with Moses and all the Prophets.