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And◦ on the first◦ day of the week, early··in··the··morning◦, they* came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with◦ them.
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But◦ they found the stone rolled··away from the sepulcher.
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And entering in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
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And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed about it, behold◦, two men stood··by them in flashing* cloaks.
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And◦ as they were◦ in··fear, and inclined their faces to◦ the earth, they said◦ to them, Why do you seek Him who lives, among the dead◦?
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He is not here, but is risen; remember what* He spoke to you when He was yet in Galilee,
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saying, The Son of Man must be delivered··up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise··again◦.
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And they remembered His sayings.
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And returning from the sepulcher, they reported all these··things to the eleven and to all the rest.
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But◦ it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest of the women with◦ them, who told these··things to the apostles.
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And their sayings appeared before them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
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But◦ Peter standing··up ran up··to◦ the sepulcher, and stooping··down, he looked··at the sheets laid··out alone; and he came··away, marveling to himself at what had come··to··pass.
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And behold◦, two of them were going that same day to a village which is named Emmaus, away from Jerusalem sixty stadia*.
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And they conversed with one another of all these things which had happened.
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And it came to pass as they conversed, and were disputing, Jesus Himself, being near, went··with them.
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But◦ their eyes were held so that they did not know Him.
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And◦ He said to them, What words are these which you exchange with each another, while you walk and are sad?
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And◦ one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said to Him, Art Thou only a sojourner◦ in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?
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And He said◦ to them, What things? And◦ they said◦ to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Man◦, a Prophet, powerful in deed and in word before God and all the people;
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and how the chief··priests and our rulers delivered Him up to the judgment◦ of death, and have crucified Him.
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But◦ we hoped that it had been He who was to have redeemed Israel; but besides all this, today brings◦ the third day since these··things were··done◦.
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But also, certain women from◦ among us amazed us, who were◦ early··in··the··morning◦ at◦ the sepulcher.
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And not◦ finding His body, they came, saying that they had also seen▵ a vision of angels, who say that He is··alive.
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And certain of those who were with◦ us went▵ to the sepulcher, and found it even··as the women had said◦; but◦ Him they saw◦ not.
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And He said to them, O thoughtless, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to have entered into His glory?
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And beginning from Moses, and from all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
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And they drew near to the village whither they were going, and He made as though He would go further.
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And they pressed Him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening◦, and the day has declined. And He came··in to stay with◦ them.
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And it came to pass, as He reclined with them, taking bread, He blessed it; and breaking, gave it to them.
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And◦ their eyes were opened, and they knew Him; and He became invisible to them.
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And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while He spoke to us in the way, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?
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And standing··up in that same hour, they returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven assembled, and those who were with them,
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saying, The Lord has truly◦ risen, and was seen by Simon.
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And they explained the things done in the way, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.
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But◦ as they spoke these··things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and says to them, Peace be to you.
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But◦ being terrified and in fear, they thought that they beheld a spirit.
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And He said to them, Why are you disturbed, and Why do reasonings arise in your hearts?
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See◦ My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see◦, for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you behold Me having.
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And having said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.
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But◦ while they yet believed not for joy, and marveled, He said to them, Have you here any food?
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And◦ they gave Him a part of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb.
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And taking it, He did eat before them.
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And◦ He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Me.
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Then He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures,
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and He said◦ to them, For so it is written, and so Christ ought to suffer, and to rise··again◦ from◦ the dead◦ the third day;
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and that repentance and forgiveness* of sins should be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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And◦ you are witnesses of these things.
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And behold◦, I send◦ the promise of My Father upon you; but◦ sit ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you put··on◦ power from on high.
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And◦ He led· them ·out◦ as far as to Bethany, and lifting··up◦ His hands, He blessed them.
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And it came··to··pass, with His blessing them, He stood··back from them, and was brought··up into heaven.
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And they, having worshiped Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
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And they were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.
