²⁵ He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”^{(A) 27} And beginning with Moses^(B) and all the Prophets,^(C) he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.^(D)

²⁸ As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. ²⁹ 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.

³⁰ When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it^(E) and began to give it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him,^(F) and he disappeared from their sight. ³² They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us^(G) while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures^(H) to us?”

³³ They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together ³⁴ and saying, “It is true! The Lord^(I) has risen and has appeared to Simon.”^{(J) 35} Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.^(K)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

³⁶ While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”^(L)

³⁷ They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.^{(M) 38} He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? ³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see;^(N) a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

⁴⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. ⁴¹ And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate it in their presence.^(O)

⁴⁴ He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:^(P) Everything must be fulfilled^(Q) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,^(R) the Prophets^(S) and the Psalms.”^(T)

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer^(U) and rise from the dead on the third day,^{(V) 47} and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name^(W) to all nations,^(X) beginning at Jerusalem.^{(Y) 48} You are witnesses^(Z) of these things.

Praise to God for a Living Hope

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!^(A) In his great mercy^(B) he has given us new birth^(C) into a living hope^(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,^{(E) 4} and into an inheritance^(F) that can never perish, spoil or fade.^(G) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,^{(H) 5} who through faith are shielded by God’s power^(I) until the coming of the salvation^(J) that is ready to be revealed^(K) in the last time. ⁶ In all this you greatly rejoice,^(L) though now for a little while^(M) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.^{(N) 7} These have come so that the proven genuineness^(O) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire^(P)—may result in praise, glory and honor^(Q) when Jesus Christ is revealed.^{(R) 8} Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him^(S) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ⁹ for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.^(T)

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke^(U) of the grace that was to come to you,^(V) searched intently and with the greatest care,^{(W) 11} trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ^(X) in them was pointing when he predicted^(Y) the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.