Luke 24:28-53
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28 As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.(A) 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.(B) 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us[a] while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” 33 That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together.(C) 34 They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!”(D) 35 Then they told what had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36 While they were talking about this, Jesus[b] himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”[c] 37 They were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.(E) 38 He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”(F) 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.[d] 41 Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”(G) 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,[e] 43 and he took it and ate in their presence.(H)
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”(I) 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah[f] is[g] to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day(J) 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(K) 48 You are witnesses[h] of these things.(L) 49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”(M)
The Ascension of Jesus
50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them.(N) 51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.[i](O) 52 And they worshiped him and[j] returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and they were continually in the temple[k] blessing God.[l](P)
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- 24.32 Other ancient authorities lack within us
- 24.36 Gk he
- 24.36 Other ancient authorities lack and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
- 24.40 Other ancient authorities lack 24.40
- 24.42 Other ancient authorities add and some honeycomb
- 24.46 Or the Christ
- 24.46 Other ancient authorities read written, and thus it was necessary for the Messiah
- 24.48 Or nations. Beginning from Jerusalem
you are witnesses - 24.51 Other ancient authorities lack and was carried up into heaven
- 24.52 Other ancient authorities lack worshiped him and
- 24.53 Other ancient authorities add praising and
- 24.53 Other ancient authorities add Amen
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