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- Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
- They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
- As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
- but they were kept from recognizing him.
- He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?" They stood still, their faces downcast.
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- And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
- And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
- And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
- But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
- And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
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- One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
- "What things?" he asked. "About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
- The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;
- but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
- In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning
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- And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
- And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
- And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
- But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
- Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
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- but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
- Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see."
- He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
- And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
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- And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
- And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
- Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
- Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
- And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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- As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.
- But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.
- When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
- Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.
- They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"
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- And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
- But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
- And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
- And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
- And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
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- They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together
- and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon."
- Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
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- And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
- Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
- And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
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