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13-32 It
happened that two of them (followers of Jesus) were journeying on that same
day to a village about sixty furlongs away
from Jerusalem. It was called Emmaus. As they talked to each other about all
the things that had happened Jesus himself drew near and journeyed with
them. But their eyes were held and
they did not recognise him. He said to them "What are you
talking about as you walk along?
They stood with sad faces.
One of them who was called Cleopas said to him.
You must be a stranger in Jerusalem
not to know what has been happening there during these days. He said to them "What
things?" They said to him
"The things about Jesus the Nazarene.
He was a prophet, a man powerful in work and word before God and all
the people. The chief priests and
our rulers delivered him to the judgement of
death and crucified him. We had been
hoping that he was the one who was to redeem Israel. But with all these things, this is the
third day since all this happened.
And some of the women amongst us have astonished us. They were at the tomb early. Not finding his body
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they
returned claiming to
have seen a vision of angels who say that he is alive. And some of those with us went to the
tomb and found it as indeed the women said.
But him they did not see. And
he (Jesus) said to them "O foolish and slow in heart fellows. Do you not believe all the things that
the prophets spoke about - how it behoved the Christ to suffer and so enter into his
glory?" And beginning with
Moses and all the prophets he explained to them all the things in the
Scriptures concerning himself. As
they drew near to the village where they were going, he pretended to be
going further on. They urged him
saying "Stay with us as it is toward evening and the day has now
declined." He went in to stay
with them. And it happened as he
reclined with them he took the loaf and blessed it. Then having broken it he handed it to
them. And their eyes were opened up
and they recognised him. And he
became invisible to them. They said
to each other. "Did not our
hearts burn within us as he spoke to us on the journey, as he opened up to
us the Scriptures."
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