24:1But on the first day of the week, very early at dawn, they came to the tomb, carrying the spices which they had prepared: and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 24:3And having gone in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 24:4And it was done, while they were dismayed in mind about this, look, two men stood beside them in shining clothing. 24:5And as they were afraid, and were bowing their faces to the ground, they said to them: "Why do you seek the living with the dead? 24:6He is not here, but has risen: remember how he spoke to you, when he was still in Galilee, saying: 'The Son of Man must be handed over into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.'"
24:8And they remembered his words. 24:9And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women who were with them, who were saying these things to the apostles. 24:11And these words seemed before them like nonsense, and they did not believe them. 24:12But Peter, getting up, ran to the tomb: and stooping down he saw the linen cloths placed by themselves, and he went away wondering within himself at what had happened. 24:13And look, two of them were going on that very day to a village, which was at a distance of sixty stadia from Jerusalem, by name Emmaus.
24:14And they themselves were speaking to one another about all these things which had happened. 24:15And it was done, while they were talking and inquiring together, that Jesus himself, drawing near, was going with them: but their eyes were held so that they did not recognise him. 24:17And he said to them: "What are these words which you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and you are sad?" 24:18And one, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said to him: "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have you not known the things which have happened in it in these days?" 24:19To them he said: "What things?" 24:19And they said: "About Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people: and how the high priests and our rulers handed him over to the condemnation of death, and crucified him: but we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel: and now besides all these things, today is the third day since these things happened.
24:22But also certain women from among us terrified us, who were at the tomb before light, and, his body not having been found, they came, saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. 24:24And some of our number went away to the tomb: and they found it just as the women had said, but him they did not find." 24:25And he himself said to them: "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all the things which the prophets have spoken! 24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and so to enter into his glory?" 24:27And beginning from Moses, and all the prophets, he was interpreting to them in all the scriptures the things which were about him.
24:28And they drew near to the village to which they were going: and he himself made as if to go further. 24:29And they pressed him, saying: "Stay with us, since it is getting towards evening, and the day has now declined." 24:29And he went in with them. 24:30And it was done, while he was reclining with them, that he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and was handing it to them. 24:31And their eyes were opened, and they recognised him: and he himself vanished from their eyes. 24:32And they said to one another: "Was not our heart burning in us while he was speaking on the road, and opening the Scriptures to us?"
24:33And getting up in that same hour they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them, saying: "The Lord has truly risen, and has appeared to Simon." 24:35And they themselves were recounting the things which had been done on the road, and how they had recognised him in the breaking of the bread. 24:36And while they are saying these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them, and says to them: "Peace to you: it is I, do not fear." 24:37But disturbed and terrified, they supposed that they were seeing a spirit. 24:38And he said to them: "Why are you disturbed, and why do thoughts rise up into your hearts?
24:39See my hands, and feet, that it is I myself; 24:39Handle me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see me having." 24:40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 24:41But while they were still not believing, and were wondering for joy, he said: "Do you have here anything which may be eaten?" 24:42And they offered him a piece of roasted fish and a honeycomb. 24:43And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains he gave them to them. 24:44And he said to them: "These are the words which I spoke to you when I was still with you, that all the things must be fulfilled which have been written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms about me."
24:45Then he opened their understanding, so that they might understand the Scriptures, and he said to them: "Thus it has been written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead on the third day: and for repentance and the remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 24:48And you are witnesses of these things. 24:49And I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; 24:49But you, stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high." 24:50And he led them out to Bethany, and, his hands having been lifted up, he blessed them.
24:51And it was done, while he was blessing them, that he withdrew from them, and was being carried up into heaven. 24:52And they themselves, worshipping, went back to Jerusalem with great joy: and they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. 24:53Amen.