6. Jesus isn't here! He has been raised from death. Remember that while he was still in Galilee, he told you,
7. ‘The Son of Man will be handed over to sinners who will nail him to a cross. But three days later he will rise to life.’ ”
8. Then they remembered what Jesus had said.
9-10. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and some other women were the ones who had gone to the tomb. When they returned, they told the eleven apostles and the others what had happened.
11. The apostles thought it was all nonsense, and they would not believe.
12. But Peter ran to the tomb. And when he stooped down and looked in, he saw only the burial clothes. Then he returned, wondering what had happened.
13. That same day two of Jesus' disciples were going to the village of Emmaus, which was about eleven kilometres from Jerusalem.
14. As they were talking and thinking about what had happened,
15. Jesus came near and started walking along beside them.
16. But they did not know who he was.
17. Jesus asked them, “What were you talking about as you walked along?”The two of them stood there looking sad and gloomy.
18. Then the one named Cleopas asked Jesus, “Are you the only person from Jerusalem who didn't know what was happening there these last few days?”
19. “What do you mean?” Jesus asked.They answered:Those things that happened to Jesus from Nazareth. By what he did and said he showed that he was a powerful prophet, who pleased God and all the people.
20. Then the chief priests and our leaders had him arrested and sentenced to die on a cross.
21. We had hoped that he would be the one to set Israel free! But it has already been three days since all this happened.
22. Some women in our group surprised us. They had gone to the tomb early in the morning,
23. but did not find the body of Jesus. They came back, saying that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive.