On the Road to Emmaus

¹³ That very day ^(A)two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles^[a] from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. ^16 (B)But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ Then 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?” ¹⁹ And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was ^(C)a prophet ^(D)mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and ^(E)how our chief priests and ^(F)rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹ But we had hoped that he was ^(G)the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now ^(H)the third day since these things happened. ²² Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. ^(I)They were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and ^(J)when they did not find his body, they came back saying that ^(K)they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. ^24 (L)Some 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.” ²⁵ And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ^26 (M)Was it not necessary that ^(N)the Christ should suffer these things and enter into ^(O)his glory?” ²⁷ And ^(P)beginning with ^(Q)Moses and ^(R)all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

²⁸ So they drew near to the village to which they were going. ^(S)He acted as if he were going farther, ²⁹ but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and ^(T)the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When he was at table with them, he took the bread and ^(U)blessed and broke it and gave it to them. ^31 (V)And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And ^(W)he vanished from their sight. ³² They said to each other, ^(X)“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he ^(Y)opened to us the Scriptures?” ³³ And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they ^(Z)found the eleven and ^(AA)those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴ saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and ^(AB)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they told what had happened on the road, and ^(AC)how he was known to them in ^(AD)the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶ As they were talking about these things, ^(AE)Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” ³⁷ But they were ^(AF)startled and ^(AG)frightened and ^(AH)thought they saw a spirit. ³⁸ And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. ^(AI)Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when he had said this, ^(AJ)he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹ And while they still disbelieved ^(AK)for joy and were marveling, ^(AL)he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish,^{[b] 43} and he took it and ate before them.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, ^(AM)“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, ^(AN)that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then ^(AO)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, “Thus ^(AP)it is written, ^(AQ)that the Christ should suffer and on the third day ^(AR)rise from the dead, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AS)repentance for^[c] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed ^(AT)in his name ^(AU)to all nations, ^(AV)beginning from Jerusalem. ^48 (AW)You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, I am sending ^(AX)the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you ^(AY)are clothed with ^(AZ)power ^(BA)from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And ^(BB)he led them out as far as ^(BC)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. ⁵¹ While he blessed them, ^(BD)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they ^(BE)worshiped him and ^(BF)returned to Jerusalem ^(BG)with great joy, ⁵³ and ^(BH)were continually in the temple ^(BI)blessing God.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

1 In the first book, O ^(A)Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began ^(B)to do and teach, ² until the day when ^(C)he was taken up, after he ^(D)had given commands ^(E)through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. ^3 (F)He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

⁴ And while staying^[a] with them ^(G)he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; ⁵ for ^(H)John baptized with water, ^(I)but you will be baptized ^(J)with^[b] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^(K)will you at this time ^(L)restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He said to them, ^(M)“It is not for you to know ^(N)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive ^(O)power ^(P)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^(Q)you will be ^(R)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^(S)Samaria, and ^(T)to the end of the earth.” ⁹ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^(U)he was lifted up, and ^(V)a cloud took him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^(W)two ^(X)men stood by them in ^(Y)white robes, ¹¹ and said, ^(Z)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(AA)will ^(AB)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”