2 And as they walked and talked about the things that had occurred a stranger joined their company.
3 He said, My friends, you seem discouraged and are sad. Has some great grief upon you come?
4 Cleophas said, Are you a stranger in Judea, and know not of the thrilling things that have transpired here?
5 The stranger said, What things? To what do you refer?
6 Cleophas said, Have you not heard about the man from Galilee who was a prophet mighty in both word and deed?
7 A man whom many thought had come to found again the kingdom of the Jews, and drive the Romans from the city of Jerusalem and be himself the king?
8 The stranger said, Tell me about this man.
9 Cleophas said, His name was Jesus; he was born in Bethlehem; his home was up in Galilee. He loved the people as he loved himself.
10 He was, in truth, a master sent from God, for he had matchless power. He healed the sick and made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, and even raised the dead.
11 The Jewish scribes and Pharisees were jealous of his fame and power, and they arrested him; by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes,