24 ¹³ THAT SAME DAY two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which lay about seven miles from Jerusalem, 24 ¹⁴ and they were talking together about all these happenings. 24 ¹⁵ As they talked and discussed it with one another, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 24 ¹⁶ but something kept them from seeing who it was. 24 ¹⁷ He asked them, 'What is it you are debating as you walk?' They halted, their faces full of gloom, 24 ¹⁸ and one, called Cleopas, answered, 'Are you the only person staying in Jerusalem not to know Or: Have you been staying by yourself in Jerusalem, that you do not know ... what has happened there in the last few days?' 24 ¹⁹ 'What do you mean?' he said. 'All this about Jesus of Nazareth,' they replied, 'a prophet powerful in speech and action before God and the whole people; 24 ²⁰ how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified him. 24 ²¹ But we had been hoping that he was the man to liberate Israel. What is more, this is the third day since it happened, 24 ²² and now some women of our company have astounded us: they went early to the tomb, 24 ²³ but failed to find his body, and returned with a story that they had seen a vision of angels who told them he was alive. 24 ²⁴ So some of our people went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said; but him they did not see.'
24 ²⁵ 'How dull you are!' he answered. 'How slow to believe all that the prophets said! 24 ²⁶ Was the Messiah not bound to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?' 24 ²⁷ Then he began with Moses and all the prophets, and explained to them the passages which referred to himself in every part of the scriptures.

24 ²⁸ By this time they had reached the village to which they were going, and he made as if to continue his journey, 24 ²⁹ but they pressed him: 'Stay with us, for evening draws on, and the day is almost over.' So he went in to stay with them. 24 ³⁰ And when he had sat down with them at table, he took bread and said the blessing; he broke the bread, and offered it to them. 24 ³¹ Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. 24 ³² They said to one another, 'Did we not feel our hearts on fire as he talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?'
24 ³³ Without a moment's delay they set out and returned to Jerusalem. There they found that the Eleven and the rest of the company had assembled, 24 ³⁴ and were saying, 'It is true: the Lord has risen; he has appeared to Simon.' 24 ³⁵ Then they gave their account of the events of their journey and told how he had been recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.