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but they pressed him: "Stay and have supper with us. It's nearly evening; the day is done." So he went in with them.
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And here is what happened: He sat down at the table with them. Taking the bread, he blessed and broke and gave it to them.
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At that moment, open-eyed, wide-eyed, they recognized him. And then he disappeared.
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Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as he conversed with us on the road, as he opened up the Scriptures for us?"
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They didn't waste a minute. They were up and on their way back to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and their friends gathered together,
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talking away: "It's really happened! The Master has been raised up - Simon saw him!"
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Then the two went over everything that happened on the road and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.
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While they were saying all this, Jesus appeared to them and said, "Peace be with you."
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They thought they were seeing a ghost and were scared half to death.
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He continued with them, "Don't be upset, and don't let all these doubting questions take over.
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Look at my hands; look at my feet - it's really me. Touch me. Look me over from head to toe. A ghost doesn't have muscle and bone like this."