Study Desk

Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.

So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened.

As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.

"What things?" Jesus asked. "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth," they said. "He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.

But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.

"Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report.

They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!

By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on,

As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.

Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!

They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?"

And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them,

Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread.

And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. "Peace be with you," he said.

But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

and he ate it as they watched.

So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.

And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.

He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.