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¹ AND on the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was yet dark, they came to the tomb, and brought the spices which they had prepared; and there were with them other women.² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.³ And they entered in, but they did not find the body of Jesus.⁴ And it came to pass as they were confused about this, behold, two men stood above them, and their garments were shining;⁵ And they were afraid, and bowed their faces to the ground; and they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?⁶ He is not here, he has risen; remember that he spoke to you while he was in Galilee,⁷ Saying, that the Son of man had to be delivered into the hands of sinful men,, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.⁸ And they remembered his words.⁹ And they returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven and to the rest.¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest who were with them, who told these things to the apostles.¹¹ And these words appeared in their eyes as delusions; and they did not believe them.¹² But Simon rose up and ran to the tomb; and he looked in and saw the linen laid by itself, and he went away wondering in himself concerning what had happened.

¹³ And behold two of them were going on that day to a village called Emmaus, about six miles from Jerusalem.¹⁴ They were talking with each other concerning all these things that had happened.¹⁵ And while they were speaking and asking each other, Jesus came and overtook them, and walked with them.¹⁶ But the sight of their eyes was holden, so that they could not recognize him.¹⁷ And he said to them, What are these words that you are discussing with each other, as you walk, and are sad?¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to him, Are you a stranger alone from Jerusalem, that you do not know what has happened in it in these days?¹⁹ He said to them, What things? They said to him, About Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, mighty in word and deed before God and before all the people.²⁰ And the high priests and the elders delivered him up to the judgment of death, and they crucified him.²¹ But we were hoping that he was the one to save Israel; and behold, it is three days since all these things happened.²² And some of our women also amazed us, for they went early to the tomb;²³ And when his body was not found, they came, and said to us, We saw angels there, and they said that he is alive.²⁴ And some of our men also went to the tomb, and they found it so, as the women had said; but they did not see him.²⁵ Then Jesus said to them, O dull-minded heavy-hearted, slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken.²⁶ Did not Christ have to suffer all these things, and to enter into his glory?²⁷ And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, and interpreted to them from all the scriptures concerning himself.²⁸ And they drew near to the village, to which they were going; and he made them think that he was going to a far place.²⁹ But they urged him and said, Remain with us; because the day is spent and it is near dark. So he entered to stay with them.³⁰ And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to them.³¹ And immediately their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he was taken away from them.³² And they said one to another, Were not our hearts heavy within us, when he spoke with us on the road, and interpreted the scriptures to us?³³ And they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,³⁴ Saying, Truly our Lord has risen, and he has appeared to Simon.³⁵ And they also reported those things that happened on the road, and how they knew him as he broke the bread.

³⁶ And while they were discussing these things, Jesus stood among them, and said to them, Peace be with you; it is I; do not be afraid.³⁷ And they were confused and frightened, for they thought they saw a spirit. The walk to Emmaus.³⁸ Jesus said to them, Why do you tremble? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I; feel me and understand; for a spirit has no flesh and bones, as you see I have.⁴⁰ When he said these things, he showed them his hands and his feet.⁴¹ And as they still did not believe because of their joy, and they were bewildered, he said to them, Have you anything here to eat?⁴² They gave him a portion of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb.⁴³ And he took it, and ate before their eyes.⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you when I was with you, that everything must be fulfilled which is written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.⁴⁵ Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures.⁴⁶ And he said to them, Thus it is written, and it was right that Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day;⁴⁷ And that repentance should be preached in his name for the forgiveness of sins among all nations; and the beginning will be from Jerusalem.⁴⁸ And you are witnesses of these things.⁴⁹ And I will send upon you the promise of my Father; but you remain in the city of Jerusalem, until you are clothed with power from on high.

⁵⁰ And he took them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.⁵¹ And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and went up to heaven.⁵² And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;⁵³ And they were always in the temple,