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Now
that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus,
about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each
other about everything that had happened. As they talked and
discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and
walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.
He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk
along?"
They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas,
asked him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not
know the things that have happened there in these days?"
"What things?" he asked.
"About Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. "He was a
prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced
to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the
one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the
third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our
women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but
didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a
vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our
companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had
said, but him they did not see."
He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart
to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ
have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" And
beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them
what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus
acted as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly,
"Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost
over." So he went in to stay with them.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks,
broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They
asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us
while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to
us?"
They
got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the
Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying,
"It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to
Simon." Then the two told what had happened on the way, and
how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
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