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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Resurrection</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 28:1-10">Matthew 28.1-10</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 16:1-8">Mark 16.1-8</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 20:1-10">John 20.1-10</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.1" class="v42_24_1">1</span>Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. </span><span class="v42_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.2" class="v42_24_2">2</span>They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb, </span><span class="v42_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.3" class="v42_24_3">3</span>so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. </span><span class="v42_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.4" class="v42_24_4">4</span>They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them. </span><span class="v42_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.5" class="v42_24_5">5</span>Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive? </span><span class="v42_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.6" class="v42_24_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee: </span><span class="v42_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.7" class="v42_24_7">7</span>‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.8" class="v42_24_8">8</span>Then the women remembered his words, </span><span class="v42_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.9" class="v42_24_9">9</span>returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest. </span><span class="v42_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.10" class="v42_24_10">10</span>The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; they and the other women with them told these things to the apostles. </span><span class="v42_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.11" class="v42_24_11">11</span>But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them. </span><span class="v42_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.12" class="v42_24_12">12</span>But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the grave cloths but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s">The Walk to Emmaus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 16:12">Mark 16.12</ref>,<ref loc="MRK 16:13">13</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.13" class="v42_24_13">13</span>On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, </span><span class="v42_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.14" class="v42_24_14">14</span>and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened. </span><span class="v42_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.15" class="v42_24_15">15</span>As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them; </span><span class="v42_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.16" class="v42_24_16">16</span>they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him. </span><span class="v42_24_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.17" class="v42_24_17">17</span>Jesus said to them, “What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_17">They stood still, with sad faces. </span><span class="v42_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.18" class="v42_24_18">18</span>One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have been happening there these last few days?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.19" class="v42_24_19">19</span>“What things?” he asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_19">“The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did. </span><span class="v42_24_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.20" class="v42_24_20">20</span>Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified. </span><span class="v42_24_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.21" class="v42_24_21">21</span>And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened. </span><span class="v42_24_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.22" class="v42_24_22">22</span>Some of the women of our group surprised us; they went at dawn to the tomb, </span><span class="v42_24_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.23" class="v42_24_23">23</span>but could not find his body. They came back saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive. </span><span class="v42_24_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.24" class="v42_24_24">24</span>Some of our group went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.25" class="v42_24_25">25</span>Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! </span><span class="v42_24_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.26" class="v42_24_26">26</span>Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?” </span><span class="v42_24_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.27" class="v42_24_27">27</span>And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.28" class="v42_24_28">28</span>As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther; </span><span class="v42_24_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.29" class="v42_24_29">29</span>but they held him back, saying, “Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark.” So he went in to stay with them. </span><span class="v42_24_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.30" class="v42_24_30">30</span>He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them. </span><span class="v42_24_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.31" class="v42_24_31">31</span>Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight. </span><span class="v42_24_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.32" class="v42_24_32">32</span>They said to each other, “Wasn't it like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.33" class="v42_24_33">33</span>They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others </span><span class="v42_24_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.34" class="v42_24_34">34</span>and saying, “The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to Simon!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.35" class="v42_24_35">35</span>The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Appears to His Disciples</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 28:16-20">Matthew 28.16-20</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 16:14-18">Mark 16.14-18</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 20:19-23">John 20.19-23</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 1:6-8">Acts 1.6-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.36" class="v42_24_36">36</span>While the two were telling them this, suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.36!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.37" class="v42_24_37">37</span>They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost. </span><span class="v42_24_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.38" class="v42_24_38">38</span>But he said to them, “Why are you alarmed? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds? </span><span class="v42_24_39"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.39" class="v42_24_39">39</span>Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_40"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.40" class="v42_24_40">40</span>He said this and showed them his hands and his feet.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.40!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_24_41"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.41" class="v42_24_41">41</span>They still could not believe, they were so full of joy and wonder; so he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” </span><span class="v42_24_42"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.42" class="v42_24_42">42</span>They gave him a piece of cooked fish, </span><span class="v42_24_43"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.43" class="v42_24_43">43</span>which he took and ate in their presence.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_44"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.44" class="v42_24_44">44</span>Then he said to them, “These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_45"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.45" class="v42_24_45">45</span>Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, </span><span class="v42_24_46"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.46" class="v42_24_46">46</span>and said to them, “This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later, </span><span class="v42_24_47"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.47" class="v42_24_47">47</span>and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. </span><span class="v42_24_48"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.48" class="v42_24_48">48</span>You are witnesses of these things. </span><span class="v42_24_49"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.49" class="v42_24_49">49</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.49!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And I myself will send upon you what my Father has promised. But you must wait in the city until the power from above comes down upon you.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 16:19">Mark 16.19</ref>,<ref loc="MRK 16:20">20</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 1:9-11">Acts 1.9-11</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_24_50"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.50" class="v42_24_50">50</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.50!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then he led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them. </span><span class="v42_24_51"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.51" class="v42_24_51">51</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.51!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.24.51!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_24_52"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.52" class="v42_24_52">52</span>They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy, </span><span class="v42_24_53"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.24.53" class="v42_24_53">53</span>and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.12: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts do not have verse 12.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.36: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts do not have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and said to them, “Peace be with you.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.40: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts do not have verse 40.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.51: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts do not have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and was taken up into heaven.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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