Three Men and a Road

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³That very day ytwo of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles1 from Jerusalem, ¹⁴and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. ¹⁶zBut their eyes were kept from recognizing him. ¹⁷And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was aa prophet bmighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰and chow our chief priests and drulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹But we had hoped that he was ethe one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now fthe third day since these things happened. ²²Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. gThey were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³and hwhen they did not find his body, they came back saying that ithey had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. ²⁴jSome of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” ²⁵And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶kWas it not necessary that lthe Christ should suffer these things and enter into mhis glory?” ²⁷And nbeginning with oMoses and pall the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

²⁸So they drew near to the village to which they were going. qHe acted as if he were going farther, ²⁹but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and rthe day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰When he was at table with them, he took the bread and sblessed and broke it and gave it to them. ³¹tAnd their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And uhe vanished from their sight. ³²They said to each other, v“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he wopened to us the Scriptures?” ³³And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they xfound the eleven and ythose who were with them gathered together, ³⁴saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and zhas appeared to Simon!” ³⁵Then they told what had happened on the road, and ahow he was known to them in bthe breaking of the bread.