Jesus · Issue #27 of 30
The Road To Emmaus
Luke 24:13–35 · World English Bible
Luke 24:13
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:14
They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.
Luke 24:15
While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
Luke 24:16
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
Luke 24:17
He said to them,
What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?
Luke 24:18
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?
Luke 24:19
He said to them,
What things?
They said to him,
The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
Luke 24:20
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
Luke 24:21
But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
Luke 24:22
Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
Luke 24:23
and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
Luke 24:24
Some of us went to the tomb and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”
Luke 24:25
He said to them,
Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:26
Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
Luke 24:27
Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:28
They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
Luke 24:29
They urged him, saying,
Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.
He went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:30
When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.
Luke 24:31
Their eyes were opened and they recognized him; then he vanished out of their sight.
Luke 24:32
They said to one another,
Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?
Luke 24:33
They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
Luke 24:34
saying,
The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!
Luke 24:35
They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
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