14. They were talking to each other about everything that had happened.
15. While they were talking, Jesus approached them and began walking with them.
16. Although they saw him, they didn’t recognize him.
17. He asked them, “What are you dis cussing?”They stopped and looked very sad.
18. One of them, Cleopas, replied, “Are you the only one in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has happened recently?”
19. “What happened?” he asked.They said to him, “We were discussing what happened to Jesus from Nazareth. He was a powerful prophet in what he did and said in the sight of God and all the people.
20. Our chief priests and rulers had him condemned to death and crucified.
21. We were hoping that he was the one who would free Israel. What’s more, this is now the third day since everything happened.
22. Some of the women from our group startled us. They went to the tomb early this morning