Luke 24:33-48

33They got up that very hour and went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them,

34saying, “The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon [Peter]!”

35They began describing in detail what had happened on the road, and how Jesus was recognized by them when He broke the bread.

36While they were talking about this, Jesus Himself [suddenly] stood among them and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

37But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a spirit.

38And He said, “Why are you troubled, and why are doubts rising in your hearts?

39Look at [the marks in] My hands and My feet, [and see] that it is I Myself. Touch Me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

40After saying this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

41While they still did not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

42They gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

43and He took it and ate it in front of them.

44Then He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

45Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,

46and said, “And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

47and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

48You are witnesses of these things.