Luke 24 BUT on the first day of the week at early dawn they came to the tomb, bringing the perfumes which they had prepared.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ BUT on the first day of the week at early dawn they came to the tomb, bringing the perfumes which they had prepared. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ and on entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were at a loss about this, suddenly two men in glittering robes stood beside them. ⁵ They were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered his words ⁹ and turned back from the tomb and told all this to the eleven and all the rest. ¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them also told these things to the apostles. ¹¹ But these reports seemed in their eyes like idle talk. They did not believe the women. ¹² But Peter rose and ran to the tomb and stooping down he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went away to his place wondering at what had happened. ¹³ On that day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, seven miles distant from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and they were talking to each other about all these occurrences. ¹⁵ It happened as they talked and discussed that Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were restrained from recognizing him. ¹⁷ He said to them, "What are these matters that you are debating with each other as you walk?" They stood still with sad faces. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, said to him, "Are you a stranger living alone in Jerusalem and do you not know the things that have happened there in recent days?" ¹⁹ He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet powerful in deed and word before God and all the people — ²⁰ how our high priests and leading men handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. ²¹ But we were hoping that he was the one who was to redeem Israel. But now, however, the third day is passing since these things took place. ²² Yet some women from our company amazed us. They went at dawn to the tomb ²³ and did not find his body, but came back saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. ²⁴ Some of our company went out to the tomb and found things as the women had said, but they did not see him." ²⁵ Jesus said to them, "O men lacking insight and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?" ²⁷ Then, beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things about himself. ²⁸ They drew near to the village where they were going and he acted as if he were going on. ²⁹ But they urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the sun is already low." So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ As he reclined at table with them, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to them. ³¹ And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he vanished from their sight. ³² They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us when he was talking to us on the road and was explaining the Scriptures to us?" ³³ Then, rising that very hour, they returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and their associates assembled ³⁴ and saying, "Really the Lord has risen and he has appeared to Simon." ³⁵ They then narrated what had happened on the road and how they knew him by his breaking the bread. ³⁶ While they were talking of these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and said to them, "Peace be with you!" ³⁷ They were terrified and much alarmed, and thought that they were seeing a spirit. ³⁸ But he said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ See my hands and my feet — that it is I myself. Feel me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see me having." ⁴⁰ Saying this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹ While they still were doubting for joy and wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate before them. ⁴⁴ He said to them, "This is what I said to you while I was still with you, that all the things written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and Psalms about me must be fulfilled." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and he said to them, "Thus it is written that the Christ is to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and in his name change of heart for forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And, see, I am sending upon you the promise of my Father. But you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." ⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany and lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² They bowed down before him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were constantly in the Temple courts blessing God.