Luke 24 — TCENT

The Resurrection

24Verse 1On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had⁺prepared, and some other women were with them.^{Verse 2}They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,^{Verse 3}but when they went in, they did not find the body⁺of the Lord Jesus.^{Verse 4}While they were⁺greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.^{Verse 5}The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?^{Verse 6}He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,^{Verse 7}that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”^{Verse 8}Then they remembered his words.^{Verse 9}When they returned from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the others.^{Verse 10}It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.^{Verse 11}But⁺their words came across to the apostles as nonsense, and they did not believe them.^{Verse 12}Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped down to look in, he saw⁺the linen cloths lying there by themselves. So he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

^{Verse 13}That same day two of Jesus' disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.^{Verse 14}They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.^{Verse 15}As they were talking and discussing these things, Jesus himself drew near and went along with them,^{Verse 16}but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.^{Verse 17}He said to them,“What are you discussing with each other as you walk⁺along, looking downcast?”^{Verse 18}Then⁺the one whose name was Cleopas answered him, “Are yoʋ the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these last few days?”^{Verse 19}He said to them,“What things?”So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,⁺who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,^{Verse 20}and how the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him.^{Verse 21}But we had hoped that he was the one who would redeem Israel.⁺And besides all this,⁺today is now the third day since these things happened.^{Verse 22}Moreover, some women from our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,^{Verse 23}and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.^{Verse 24}Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it to be so, just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”^{Verse 25}Then Jesus said to them,“O foolish men, how slow of heart you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!^{Verse 26}Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”^{Verse 27}And beginning from Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them the things written about himself in all the Scriptures.^{Verse 28}As they drew near to the village where they were headed, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.^{Verse 29}But they urged him not to do so, saying, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening, and the day⁺is drawing to a close.” So he went in to stay with them.^{Verse 30}As he was reclining at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.^{Verse 31}Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.^{Verse 32}They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning⁺within us as he spoke to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”^{Verse 33}So they rose that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven gathered together with their companions,^{Verse 34}saying, “The Lord is risen indeed and has appeared to Simon!”^{Verse 35}Then they began describing what had happened on the road, and how Jesus had been made known to them when he broke the bread.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

^{Verse 36}As they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among⁺them and said to them,“Peace be with you.”^{Verse 37}But they were startled and terrified, thinking they had seen a spirit.^{Verse 38}Then he said to them,“Why are you troubled, and why are doubts arising in your hearts?^{Verse 39}Look at my hands and my feet and see that it is I myself. Touch me and look at me, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”^{Verse 40}After saying this, he showed them his hands and his feet.^{Verse 41}And while they were still amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”^{Verse 42}So they gave him a piece of broiled⁺fish and some honeycomb.^{Verse 43}And he took them and ate in their presence.^{Verse 44}Then he said to them,“These are⁺the words I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”^{Verse 45}Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures^{Verse 46}and said to them,“Thus it is⁺written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,^{Verse 47}and for repentance⁺and remission of sins to be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.^{Verse 48}You are witnesses of these things.^{Verse 49+}And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you, but stay in the city⁺of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

^{Verse 50}Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.^{Verse 51}While he was blessing them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.^{Verse 52}So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.^{Verse 53}And they were continually in the temple courts,⁺praising and blessing God.⁺Amen.⁺