UST LUKE Chapter 24

24 Very early in the morning on Sunday, those women went to the burial chamber. They brought with them the spices that they had prepared to put on the body of Jesus. 2 When they arrived, they discovered that somebody had rolled away the stone that had been closing off the entrance to the burial chamber. 3 They went into the burial chamber, but the body of Jesus was not there! 4 They did not know what to think about that. Then suddenly two men stood by them wearing bright, shining clothes! 5 This made the women very frightened. They bowed down low to the ground. The two men said to them, “You should not be looking for someone who is alive in a place where they bury the bodies of dead people! 6 He is not here. No, he has come back to life! Recall that while he was still with you in Galilee, he said to you, 7 ‘They will have to hand me, the Son of Man, over to sinful men. Those men will kill me by nailing me to a cross. But two days later, I will become alive again.’” 8 The women recalled what Jesus had told them. 9 So they left the burial chamber and went to the 11 Representatives and the other disciples of Jesus and told them what happened. 10 The women who told these things to them were Mary from Magdala village, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women who were with them. 11 But they thought this report was foolishness, so they did not believe the women. 12 However, Peter decided to see whether the story was true. He ran to the burial chamber. He stooped down and looked inside. He saw the linen cloths in which Jesus’ body had been wrapped, but Jesus was not there. So he left the tomb, puzzling over what had happened.

13 That same day two of Jesus’ disciples were walking to an outlying village named Emmaus. It was about ten kilometers from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about all the things that had happened to Jesus. 15 While they were talking and discussing those things, Jesus himself approached them and started walking with them. 16 But God prevented them from realizing that it was Jesus. 17 Jesus said to them, “What have you two been talking about while you were walking?” They stopped, and they had very sad expressions on their faces. 18 But then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person who is visiting Jerusalem who does not know about the events that have happened there in recent days!” 19 He said to them, “What events?” They replied, “The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. God enabled him to perform great miracles and to teach wonderful messages. Most people thought he was wonderful. 20 But our chief priests and leaders handed him over to the Roman authorities. They sentenced him to die, and they killed him by nailing him to a cross. 21 We were hoping that he was the one who would free us Israelites from our enemies! But this does not seem possible now, since three days have passed since the Romans executed him. 22 In spite of this, some women from our group amazed us. Early this morning they went to the chamber where Jesus was buried, 23 but the body of Jesus was not there! They came back and told us they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels said that Jesus was alive! 24 Then some of those who were with us when the women came and said this went to the burial chamber. They saw that things were exactly as the women had reported. But they did not see Jesus.” 25 Then Jesus said to them, “You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah! 26 You should certainly have known that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer all those things and die, and then receive great honor from God!” 27 Then Jesus explained to them all the things that the Scriptures said about himself. He started with what Moses wrote, and then he explained what all the prophets had written.

28 When they had nearly reached the village where the two men were going, it appeared that Jesus was going to keep walking down the road. 29 But they pleaded with him not to do that. They said, “Stay with us tonight, because it is late in the afternoon and it will soon be dark.” So he went in to the house to stay with them. 30 When they all sat down to eat, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and began to give some to the two men. 31 And then God enabled them to recognize him. But immediately he disappeared! 32 They said to each other, “While we were walking along the road and he was talking with us and enabling us to understand the Scriptures, we got so excited inside! It all made sense that the Messiah would have to suffer but then receive great honor.” 33 So they left immediately and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the 11 Representatives and some others who had gathered together with them. 34 They told those two men, “It is true that Jesus has become alive again. He has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then those two men told the others what had happened as they were walking along the road. They also told them how they both recognized Jesus as he broke some bread for them.

36 As they were saying that, Jesus himself suddenly appeared among them. He said to them, “May God give you peace!” 37 But they were not peaceful. They were startled and afraid because they thought that they were seeing a ghost! 38 He said to them, “You should not be alarmed! And you should not doubt that I am alive. 39 Look at the wounds in my hands and my feet! That way you can be sure that it is really I myself. Ghosts do not have bodies, as you see that I have, and you can touch me to prove that my body is real.” 40 After he said that, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his feet. 41 They were so glad that they could still hardly believe that he was really alive. So he said to them, “Do you have something here that I could eat?” 42 So they gave him a piece of roasted fish. 43 While they were watching, he took it and ate it.

44 Then he said to them, “I will repeat what I told you while I was with you before. God was going to make happen everything that he said about me, the Messiah. throughout all of the Scriptures.” 45 Then he enabled them to understand the things that the Scriptures said about him. He said to them, 46 “This is what you can read in the Scriptures: that the Messiah would suffer and die, but on the third day after that, he would become alive again. 47 The Scriptures also say that those who believe in the Messiah would go and announce on his behalf that God will forgive people who stop sinning. I want you to do this, starting here in Jerusalem and going to every people group in the world. 48 You must tell people that you saw everything happen to me that the Scriptures said would happen to the Messiah. 49 And I am going to send the Holy Spirit to you, as my Father promised. But you must stay in this city until God gives you the power of the Holy Spirit.”

50 Then Jesus led them outside the city until they came near the village of Bethany. There he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 As he was doing that, he left them and went up to heaven. 52 After they worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem very joyfully. 53 Each day they went to the temple and spent time worshiping God there.

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