13Now
that same day two of them were going to a village
called Emmaus, about seven miles[1] from Jerusalem.
14They were talking with each
other about everything that had happened. 15As
they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
16but they were kept from recognizing
him.
17He
asked them, "What are you discussing together
as you walk along?"
18They
stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named
Cleopas, asked him, "Are you only a visitor to
Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened
there in these days?"
19"What
things?" he asked.
20"About
Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "He was
a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and
all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed
him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified
him; 21but we had hoped that
he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And
what is more, it is the third day since all this took
place. 22In addition, some of
our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this
morning 23but didn't find his
body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision
of angels, who said he was alive. 24Then
some of our companions went to the tomb and found
it just as the women had said, but him they did not
see."
25He
said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow
of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
26Did not the Christ[2] have
to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
27And beginning with Moses and
all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said
in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28As
they approached the village to which they were going,
Jesus acted as if he were going farther. 29But
they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it
is nearly evening; the day is almost over." So
he went in to stay with them.
30When
he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave
thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
31Then
their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and
he disappeared from their sight. 32They
asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning
within us while he talked with us on the road and
opened the Scriptures to us?"
33They
got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they
found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together
34and saying, "It is true!
The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon."
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