20. The chief priests and our rulers handed Jesus over to be sentenced to death. They nailed him to a cross.
21. But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to set Israel free. Also, it is the third day since all this happened.
22. "Some of our women amazed us too. Early this morning they went to the tomb.
23. But they didn't find his body. So they came and told us what they had seen. They saw angels, who said Jesus was alive.
24. Then some of our friends went to the tomb. They saw it was empty, just as the women had said. They didn't see Jesus' body there."
25. Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are! How long it takes you to believe all that the prophets said!
26. Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and then receive his glory?"
27. Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures. He began with Moses and all the Prophets.
28. The two men approached the village where they were going. Jesus acted as if he were going farther.