[23:50] Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man [23:51] (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God: [23:52] this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. [23:53] He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid. [23:54] It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. [23:55] The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. [23:56] They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
[24:1] But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. [24:2] They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. [24:3] They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body. [24:4] It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. [24:5] Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth.
They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? [24:6] He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, [24:7] saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
[24:8] They remembered his words, [24:9] returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. [24:10] Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. [24:11] These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them. [24:12] But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
[24:13] Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was [sixty stadia] from Jerusalem. [24:14] They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. [24:15] It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them. [24:16] But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. [24:17] He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
[24:18] One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?"
[24:19] He said to them, "What things?"
They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; [24:20] and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. [24:21] But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. [24:22] Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; [24:23] and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. [24:24] Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
[24:25] He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! [24:26] Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?" [24:27] Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. [24:28] They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
[24:29] They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over."