[24:13] On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
[24:14] and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.
[24:15] As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them;
[24:16] they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him.
[24:17] Jesus said to them, “What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along?” They stood still, with sad faces.
[24:18] One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have been happening there these last few days?”
[24:19] “What things?” he asked. “The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did.
[24:20] Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified.
[24:21] And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened.
[24:22] Some of the women of our group surprised us; they went at dawn to the tomb,
[24:23] but could not find his body. They came back saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive.
[24:24] Some of our group went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
[24:25] Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!
[24:26] Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?”
[24:27] And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.
[24:28] As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther;
[24:29] but they held him back, saying, “Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark.” So he went in to stay with them.
[24:30] He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them.
[24:31] Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.
[24:32] They said to each other, “Wasn't it like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
[24:33] They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others
[24:34] and saying, “The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to Simon!”
[24:35] The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread.