Bible Gateway passage: Luke 24:13-35 - New King James Version (2024)

The Road to Emmaus^(A)

^13(B)Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was ^[a]seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴And they talked together of all these things which had happened. ¹⁵So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that ^(C)Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. ¹⁶But ^(D)their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.

¹⁷And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you ^[b]walk and are sad?”

¹⁸Then the one ^(E)whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?”

¹⁹And He said to them, “What things?”

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, ^(F)who was a Prophet ^(G)mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ^20(H)and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. ²¹But we were hoping ^(I)that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. ²²Yes, and ^(J)certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. ²³When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. ²⁴And ^(K)certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see.”

²⁵Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! ^26(L)Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His ^(M)glory?” ²⁷And beginning at ^(N)Moses and ^(O)all the Prophets, He ^[c]expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

The Disciples’ Eyes Opened

²⁸Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and ^(P)He ^[d]indicated that He would have gone farther. ²⁹But ^(Q)they constrained Him, saying, ^(R)“Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.

³⁰Now it came to pass, as ^(S)He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

³²And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” ³³So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and ^(T)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was ^[e]known to them in the breaking of bread.

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