Luke 24:13-49

The Road to Emmaus

13 And behold, ¹two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.

15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.

16 But ²their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

17 And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad.

18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware * of the things which have happened here * in these days?"

19 And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "The things about ³Jesus the Nazarene, who was a ⁴prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,

20 and how the chief priests and our ⁵rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.

21 "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ⁶redeem Israel. Indeed, besides * all this, it is the third day since * these things happened.

22 "But also some women among us amazed us. ⁷When they were at the tomb early in the morning,

23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

24 "Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see."

25 And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ⁸the prophets have spoken!

26 "⁹Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

27 Then beginning with ¹⁰Moses and with all the ¹¹prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

28 And they approached the village where they were going, and ¹²He acted as though He were going farther.

29 But they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.

30 When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ¹³blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

31 Then their ¹⁴eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ¹⁵was explaining the Scriptures to us?"

33 And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ¹⁶found gathered together the eleven and ¹⁷those who were with them,

34 saying, "¹⁸The Lord has really risen and ¹⁹has appeared to Simon."

35 They began to relate their experiences on the road and how ²⁰He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

36 While they were telling these things, ²¹He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be to you."

37 But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing ²²a spirit.

38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why * do doubts arise in your hearts?

39 "²³See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ²⁴touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

41 While they still ²⁵could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, "²⁶Have you anything here to eat?"

42 They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish;

43 and He took it and ²⁷ate it before them.

44 Now He said to them, "²⁸These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the ²⁹Law of Moses and the Prophets and ³⁰the Psalms must be fulfilled."

45 Then He ³¹opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

46 and He said to them, "³²Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and ³³rise again from the dead the third day,

47 and that ³⁴repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to ³⁵all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

48 "You are ³⁶witnesses of these things.

49 "And behold, ³⁷I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but ³⁸you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

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Cross References 38

1. Mark 16:12
2. Luke 24:31; John 20:14; John 21:4
3. Mark 1:24
4. Matthew 21:11
5. Luke 23:13
6. Luke 1:68
7. Luke 24:1f
8. Matthew 26:24
9. Luke 24:7, 44f; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Peter 1:11
10. Genesis 3:15; Genesis 12:3; Num 21:9 [John 3:14]; Deut 18:15 [John 1:45]; John 5:46
11. 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Is 7:14 [Matt 1:23]; Is 9:1f [Matt 4:15f]; Is 42:1 [Matt 12:18ff]; Is 53:4 [Matt 8:17; Luke 22:37]; Dan 7:13 [Matt 24:30]; Mic 5:2 [Matt 2:6]; Zech 9:9 [Matt 21:5]; Acts 13:27
12. Mark 6:48
13. Matthew 14:19
14. Luke 24:16
15. Luke 24:45
16. Mark 16:13
17. Acts 1:14
18. Luke 24:6
19. 1 Corinthians 15:5
20. Luke 24:30
21. Mark 16:14
22. Matthew 14:26; Mark 6:49
23. John 20:20, 27
24. John 20:27; 1 John 1:1
25. Luke 24:11
26. John 21:5
27. Acts 10:41
28. Luke 9:22, 44; Luke 18:31-34; Luke 22:37
29. Luke 24:27
30. Ps 2:7ff [Acts 13:33]; Ps 16:10 [Acts 2:27]; Ps 22:1-18 [Matt 27:34-46]; Ps 69:1-21 [John 19:28ff]; Psalms 72; 110:1 [Matt 22:43f]; Ps 118:22f [Matt 21:42]
31. Luke 24:32; Acts 16:14; 1 John 5:20
32. Luke 24:26, 44
33. Luke 24:7
34. Acts 5:31; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38; Acts 26:18
35. Matthew 28:19
36. Acts 1:8, 22; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:33; Acts 5:32; Acts 10:39, 41; Acts 13:31; 1 Peter 5:1
37. John 14:26
38. Acts 1:4

Footnotes 16

[a]. Lit "60 stadia;" one stadion was about 600 ft
[b]. Or "visiting Jerusalem alone"
[c]. I.e. Messiah
[d]. Lit "from"
[e]. Lit "from"
[f]. Lit "has now declined"
[g]. Lit "them"
[h]. Lit "Was not our heart"
[i]. Lit "opening"
[j]. Lit "the things"
[k]. Lit "heart"
[l]. Lit "were disbelieving"
[m]. Lit "mind"
[n]. I.e. Messiah
[o]. Later mss read "and forgiveness"
[p]. Or "on the basis of"