Luke 24
New International Version - Luke 24 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324 24:1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 24:2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 24:3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 24:4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 24:5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? 24:6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 24:7 `The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'' 24:8 Then they remembered his words. 24:9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 24:11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 24:12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. 24:13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 24:14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 24:15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 24:16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 24:17 He asked them, 'What are you discussing together as you walk along?' They stood still, their faces downcast. 24:18 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?' 24:19 'What things?' he asked. 'About Jesus of Nazareth,' they replied. 'He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 24:20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 24:21 but 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. 24:22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 24:23 but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24:24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.' 24:25 He said to them, 'How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?' 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. 24:28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. 24:29 But 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. 24:30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 24:32 They asked each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?' 24:33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 24:34 and saying, 'It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.' 24:35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. 24:36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you.' 24:37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 24:38 He said to them, 'Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.' 24:40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 24:41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, 'Do you have anything here to eat?' 24:42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 24:43 and he took it and ate it in their presence. 24:44 He said to them, 'This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.' 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 24:46 He told them, 'This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 24:47 and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 24:48 You are witnesses of these things. 24:49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.' 24:50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 24:51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 24:52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 24:53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.