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Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?
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And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:
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And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
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But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;
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And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,
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And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.
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And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.
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And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
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Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?
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And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
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And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;