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But they were prevented from recognizing Him.
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Then He asked them, "What is this dispute that you're having with each other as you are walking?" And they stopped [walking and looked] discouraged.
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The one named Cleopas answered Him, "Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that happened there in these days?"
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"What things?" He asked them. So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,
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and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him.
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But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day since these things happened.
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Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,
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and when they didn't find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.
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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."
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He said to them, "How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!
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Didn't the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?"