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Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn't see Him."^(ae)

He said to them, "How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken! ^(af)

Didn't the Messiah have to suffer^(ag) these things and enter into His glory?" ^(ah)

Then beginning with Moses^(ai) and all the Prophets,^(aj) He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.^(ak)

They came near the village where they were going, and He gave the impression that He was going farther.^(al)

But they urged Him: "Stay with us, because it's almost evening, and now the day is almost over." So He went in to stay with them.

It was as He reclined at the table with them that He took the bread, blessed and broke^(am) it, and gave it to them.

Then their eyes were opened,^(an) and they recognized Him, but He disappeared from their sight.^(ao)

So they said to each other, "Weren't our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures^(ap) to us?"

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven^(aq) and those with them gathered together,

who said,^[h] "The Lord has certainly been raised, and has appeared to Simon!"^(ar)

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.^(as)

And^(at) as they were saying these things, He Himself stood among them. He said to them, "Peace^(au) to you!"

But they were startled and terrified^(av) and thought they were seeing a ghost.^(aw)

"Why are you troubled?" ^(ax) He asked them. "And why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself!^(ay) Touch Me and see,^(az) because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have."

Having said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

But while they still were amazed and unbelieving because of their joy, He asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish,^[i]

and He took it and ate in their presence.

Then He told them, "These are My words^(ba) that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,^(bb) and the Psalms^(bc) must be fulfilled."

Then He opened their minds^(bd) to understand^(be) the Scriptures.

He also said to them, "This is what is written:^[j] The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day, ^(bf)

and repentance for^[k] forgiveness of sins^(bg) would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations,^(bh) beginning at Jerusalem. ^(bi)

You are witnesses^(bj) of these things.

And look, I am sending you^[l] what My Father promised.^(bk) As for you, stay in the city^[m] until you are empowered ^[n](bl) from on high."

Then He led them out as far as Bethany,^(bm) and lifting up His hands^(bn) He blessed them.

And while He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.^(bo)

After worshiping Him,^(bp) they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.^(bq)

And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.^[o](br)