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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Luke 24 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Luke 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/23.htm" title="Luke 23">◄</a> Luke 24 <a href="../john/1.htm" title="John 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/luke/24.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Resurrection</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they remembered his words, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.</p> <p class="heading">On the Road to Emmaus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek sixty stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters">a</a></sup></span> from Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?”</span> And they stood still, looking sad. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“What things?”</span> And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woc">Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Appears to His Disciples</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, <span class="woc">“Peace to you!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="woc">See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, <span class="woc">“Have you anything here to eat?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>They gave him a piece of broiled fish,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts add and some honeycomb">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>and he took it and ate before them.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Then he said to them, <span class="woc">“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 and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>and said to them, <span class="woc">“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="woc">and that repentance for<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts and">c</a></sup></span> the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="woc">You are witnesses of these things.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="woc">And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Ascension</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/24-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>and were continually in the temple blessing God.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Greek <i>sixty stadia</i>; a <i language="Greek">stadion</i> was about 607 feet or 185 meters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">42</span> Some manuscripts add <i>and some honeycomb</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">47</span> Some manuscripts <i>and</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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