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¹ Nowe the first day of the weeke early in the morning, they came vnto the sepulchre, and brought the odours, which they had prepared, and certaine women with them.² And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre,³ And went in, but found not the body of the Lord Iesus.⁴ And it came to passe, that as they were amased thereat, beholde, two men suddenly stood by them in shining vestures.⁵ And as they were afraide, & bowed downe their faces to the earth, they sayd to them, Why seeke ye him that liueth, among the dead?⁶ He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake vnto you, when he was yet in Galile,⁷ Saying, that the sonne of man must be deliuered into the hands of sinfull men, and be crucified, and the third day rise againe.⁸ And they remembred his wordes,⁹ And returned from the sepulchre, & tolde all these things vnto the eleuen, and to all the remnant.¹⁰ Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Ioanna, and Mary the mother of Iames, and other women with them, which tolde these things vnto the Apostles.¹¹ But their wordes seemed vnto them, as a fained thing, neither beleeued they them.¹² Then arose Peter, and ran vnto the sepulchre, & looked in, & saw the linnen clothes laide by themselues, and departed wondering in himselfe at that which was come to passe.

¹³ And beholde, two of them went that same day to a towne which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs, called Emmaus.¹⁴ And they talked together of al these things that were done.¹⁵ And it came to passe, as they communed together, and reasoned, that Iesus himselfe drewe neere, and went with them.¹⁶ But their eyes were holden, that they could not know him.¹⁷ And he sayd vnto them, What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad?¹⁸ And the one (named Cleopas) answered, and sayd vnto him, Art thou onely a stranger in Hierusalem, & hast not knowen the things which are come to passe therein in these dayes?¹⁹ And he said vnto them, What things? And they sayd vnto him, Of Iesus of Nazareth, which was a Prophet, mightie in deede and in word before God, and all people,²⁰ And howe the hie Priests, and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death, and haue crucified him.²¹ But we trusted that it had bene he yt should haue deliuered Israel, and as touching all these things, to day is ye third day, that they were done.²² Yea, & certaine women among vs made vs astonied, which came early vnto the sepulchre.²³ And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seene a vision of Angels, which sayd, that he was aliue.²⁴ Therefore certaine of them which were with vs, went to the sepulchre, and found it euen so as the women had sayd, but him they saw not.²⁵ Then he sayd vnto them, O fooles and slowe of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken!²⁶ Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?²⁷ And he began at Moses, & at all the Prophets, and interpreted vnto them in all the Scriptures the things which were written of him.²⁸ And they drew neere vnto ye towne, which they went to, but he made as though hee would haue gone further.²⁹ But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs: for it is towards night, & the day is farre spent. So he went in to tarie with them.³⁰ And it came to passe, as hee sate at table with them, he tooke the bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gaue it to them.³¹ Then their eyes were opened, and they knewe him: and he was no more seene of them.³² And they saide betweene themselues, Did not our heartes burne within vs, while he talked with vs by the way, and when he opened to vs the Scriptures?³³ And they rose vp the same houre, and returned to Hierusalem, and found the Eleuen gathered together, and them that were with them,³⁴ Which said, The Lord is risen in deede, and hath appeared to Simon.³⁵ Then they tolde what things were done in the way, and howe he was knowen of them in breaking of bread.

³⁶ And as they spake these things, Iesus himselfe stoode in the middes of them, and saide vnto them, Peace be to you.³⁷ But they were abashed and afraide, supposing that they had seene a spirit.³⁸ Then he saide vnto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore doe doutes arise in your hearts?³⁹ Beholde mine handes and my feete: for it is I my selfe: handle me, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me haue.⁴⁰ And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and feete.⁴¹ And while they yet beleeued not for ioy, and wondred, he saide vnto them, Haue ye here any meate?⁴² And they gaue him a piece of a broyled fish, and of an honie combe,⁴³ And hee tooke it, and did eate before them.⁴⁴ And he saide vnto them, These are the wordes, which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you, that all must be fulfilled which are written of me in the Lawe of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalmes.⁴⁵ Then opened he their vnderstanding, that they might vnderstand the Scriptures,⁴⁶ And said vnto them, Thus is it written, and thus it behoued Christ to suffer, and to rise againe from the dead the third day,⁴⁷ And that repentance, and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Hierusalem.⁴⁸ Nowe ye are witnesses of these things.⁴⁹ And beholde, I doe sende the promes of my Father vpon you: but tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntill ye be endued with power from an hie.

⁵⁰ Afterward he lead them out into Bethania, and lift vp his hands, and blessed them.⁵¹ And it came to passe, that as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caried vp into heauen.⁵² And they worshipped him, and returned to Hierusalem with great ioy,⁵³ And were continually in the Temple, praysing, and lauding God, Amen.