Luke 24:13-34

13Later on that same day, two of Jesus' disciples were going to a village. The village was called Emmaus. It was about 11 kilometres from Jerusalem.

14They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

15While they were talking like this, Jesus himself came near to them. He started to walk along with them.

16They saw him, but for some reason they did not recognize him.

17Jesus asked them, ‘What are you talking about while you walk along the road?’ They stood still and they seemed sad.

18One of them, called Cleopas, answered him, ‘Many things have happened in Jerusalem in the last few days. Are you the only visitor here that does not know about it?’

19Jesus asked them, ‘What things have happened?’ They replied, ‘The things that happened to Jesus who was from Nazareth. He was a prophet from God. He did many great things and he spoke powerful messages. God showed that his message was true. All the people believed him.

20Then the leaders of the priests and our rulers took hold of him. They gave him to the Roman ruler. They said that he had done bad things and that he ought to die. So they killed him by fixing him to a cross.

21But before that we had hoped that he would save the people of Israel. We hoped that he would make us free again. There are other things too. Today is the third day since Jesus died.

22After all this happened, some women in our group surprised us. Early this morning, they went to the place where Joseph had put him.

23But they did not find his body there. So they returned to us and said, “Some angels appeared to us. They have told us that Jesus is alive.”

24So some people from our group went to the place where his body had been. They found everything just the same as the women had said. But they did not see Jesus.’

25Jesus then said to them, ‘How silly you are! You are very slow to believe everything that God's prophets said long ago.

26You should have known that the Messiah had to die. Only then would he return to heaven and show how great and powerful he is.’

27Jesus then began to explain to them what Moses and all God's prophets had taught. He showed them what they wrote in the Bible about himself.

28Then they came near to the village that the disciples were going to. It seemed that Jesus would continue his journey.

29But they wanted him to stop there. They said to him, ‘Please stay in our home with us. It is getting late, and it will soon be night.’ So Jesus went into their house to stay with them.

30He sat down to eat with them. He took the bread and he thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces and he gave some to them.

31Their eyes became clear and they recognized him. But then he disappeared, and they could no longer see him.

32They said to each other, ‘When he talked to us, it was like a fire that was burning inside us. We felt it while we were walking along the road. We also felt it when he was explaining God's message in the Bible.’

33Immediately they got up and they returned to Jerusalem. There they found the 11 apostles and other people who were with them.

34The people there told the two disciples, ‘It is true! The Lord Jesus is alive again. He has appeared to Simon!’