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¹AND on the 1st day of the week, early in the morning, while it was yet dark, they came to the tomb and brought the spices which they had prepared; and there were with them other women. ²And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. ³And they entered in, but they did not find the body of Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass as they were confused about this, look, 2 men stood above them, and their garments were shining; ⁵And they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground; and they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, he has risen; remember that he spoke to you while he was in Galilee, ⁷Saying that the Son of man had to be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise again on the 3rd day. ⁸And they remembered his words. ⁹And they returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the 11 and to the rest. ¹⁰They were Mary Magdala, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of Jacob, and the rest who were with them, who told these things to the apostles. ¹¹And these words appeared in their eyes as delusions; and they did not believe them. ¹²But Simon rose up and ran to the tomb; and he looked in and saw the linen laid by itself, and he went away wondering to himself about what had happened.

¹³And look 2 of them were going on that day to a village called Emmaus, 60 furlongs from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking with each other concerning all these things that had happened. ¹⁵And while they were speaking and asking each other, Jesus came and overtook them and walked with them. ¹⁶But the sight of their eyes was blurred so that they could not recognize him. ¹⁷And he said to them, What are these words that you are discussing with each other, as you walk and are sad? ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopah, answered, saying to him, Are you alone a stranger from Jerusalem, that you do not know what has happened in it in these days? ¹⁹He said to them, What things? They said to him, About Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, mighty in word and deed before God and before all the people. ²⁰And the high priests and the elders delivered him up to the judgment of death, and they crucified him. ²¹But we were hoping that he was the one to save Israel; and look, it is 3 days since all these things happened. ²²And some of our women also amazed us, for they went early to the tomb; ²³And when his body was not found, they came, and said to us, We saw angels there, and they said that he is alive. ²⁴And some of our men also went to the tomb, and they found it as the women had said; but they did not see him. ²⁵Then Jesus said to them, Oh dull-minded heavy-hearted, slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken; ²⁶Did not Messiah have to suffer all these things in order to enter into his glory? ²⁷And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, and interpreted to them from all the scriptures concerning himself. ²⁸And they drew near to the village to which they were going; and he made them think that he was going to a far place. ²⁹But they urged him and said, Remain with us; for the day is spent and it is near dark. So he entered to stay with them. ³⁰And it came to pass, as he sat at the table with them, he took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to them. ³¹And immediately their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he was taken away from them. ³²And they said to one another, Were not our minds dull inside us when he spoke with us on the road and interpreted the scriptures to us? ³³And they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the 11 gathered together, and those who were with them, ³⁴Saying, Truly our Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon. ³⁵And they also reported those things that happened on the road, and how they knew him as he broke bread.

³⁶And while they were discussing these things, Jesus stood among them, and said to them, Peace be with you; it is I; do not be afraid. ³⁷And they were confused and frightened, for they thought they saw a spirit. ³⁸Jesus said to them, Why do you tremble? Why do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I; feel me and understand; for a spirit has no flesh and bones, as you see I have. ⁴⁰When he said these things, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹And as they still did not believe because of their joy and bewilderment, he said to them, Do you have anything here to eat? ⁴²They gave him a portion of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb. ⁴³And he took it and ate before their eyes. ⁴⁴And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you when I was with you, that everything must be fulfilled which is written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me. ⁴⁵Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶And he said to them, Thus it is written, and it was right, that Messiah should suffer and rise from the dead on the 3rd day; ⁴⁷And that repentance should be preached in his name for the forgiveness of sins among all nations; and the beginning will be from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And I will send on you the promise of my Father; but remain in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.

⁵⁰And he took them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them and went up to heaven. ⁵²And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; ⁵³And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.