1But the first day of the week, they went by daybreak, with some others, to the tomb, carrying the spices which they had provided, 2and found the stone rolled away from the tomb; 3and having entered, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were in perplexity on this account, behold, two men stood by them, in robes of a dazzling brightness. 5The women being affrighted, and fixing their eyes on the ground, these said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6He is not here, but is risen; remember how he spoke to you, before he left Galilee, 7saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8Then they remembered his words. 9On their return from the tomb, they reported the whole matter to the eleven, and to all the other disciples. 10It was Mary the Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them, who told these things to the Apostles: 11but their account appeared to them as idle tales; they gave them no credit. 12Peter, however, arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, saw nothing there but the linen lying. And he went away, musing with astonishment on what had happened. 13The same day, as two of the disciples were traveling to a village named Emmaus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, 14they conversed together about all these events. 15While they were conversing and reasoning, Jesus himself joined them, and went along with them. 16But their eyes were so affected that they did not know him. 17And he said to them, What subjects are these about which you confer together? and why are you dejected? 18And one of them, named Cleopas, answered, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and do you not know the things which have happened there so lately? 19What things? said he. They answered, Concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet, powerful in word and deed, before God and all the people; 20how our chief priests and magistrates have delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 21As for us, we trusted that it had been he who should have redeemed Israel. Besides all this, today, being the third day since these things happened, 22some women of our company have astonished us; for having gone early to the tomb, 23and not found his body, they came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he is alive. 24And some of our men went to the tomb, and found matters exactly as the women had related; but him they saw not. 25Then he said to them, O thoughtless men, and backward to believe things which have been all predicted by the prophets! 26Ought not the Messiah thus to suffer, and so to enter into his glory? 27Then beginning with Moses, and proceeding through all the prophets, he explained to them all the passages relating to himself. 28When they came near the village, whither they were traveling, he seemed as intending to go farther; 29but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it grows late, and the day is far spent. And he went to abide with them. 30While they were at table together, he took the loaf, and blessed and broke it, and distributed to them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he disappeared. 32And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us on the road, and expounded to us the scriptures? 33Immediately they arose and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven, and the rest of their company assembled, 34who said, The Master is actually risen, and has appeared to Simon. 35These also recounted what had happened on the road, and how he was made known to them in breaking the loaf. 36While they discoursed in this manner, he stood in the midst of them, and said, Peace be to you. 37But they were amazed and affrighted, imagining that they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, Why are you so alarmed? And wherefore do suspicious arise in your hearts? 39Behold my hands and my feet; it is I myself; handle me and be convinced; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have. 40Saying this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41While yet they believed not, for joy and amazement, he said to them, Have you here anything to eat? 42And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of a honeycomb, 43which he took and eat in their presence. 44And he said to them, This is what I told you while I remained with you, that all the things which are written of me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, must be accomplished. 45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the scriptures; 46and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Messiah to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; 47and that reformation and the remission of sins should be proclaimed, in his name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48Now, you are witnesses of these things; 49and behold I send you that which my Father has promised; but do you continue in this city, until you be invested with power from above. 50He then led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51And while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52And having worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy; 53and were constantly in the temple, praising and blessing God.