12. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.
13. Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
14. and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
15. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
16. but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
17. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast.
18. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?”
19. And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
20. how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him.
21. But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place.
22. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning
23. and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive.
24. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.”
25. And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
26. Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”