Luke 24
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Luke 24:17-25

17Then Jesus asked them, “What are you discussing with one another as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking brokenhearted.

18One of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, “Are you the only stranger visiting Jerusalem who is unaware of the things which have happened here in these [recent] days?”

19He asked, “What things?” And they replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,

20and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

21But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel and set our nation free. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.

22And also some of the women among us shocked us. They were at the tomb early in the morning,

23and they did not find His body. Then they came back, saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive!

24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women had said, but they did not see Him.”

25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken!

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