6. He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee.
7. He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and come back to life on the third day.’”
8. Then the women remembered what Jesus had told them.
9. The women left the tomb and went back to the city. They told everything to the eleven apostles and all the others.
10. The women were Mary from Magdala, Joanna, and Mary (the mother of James). There were also other women with them. They told the apostles everything.
11. The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them.
12. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down to look inside and saw only the strips of linen. Then he went away, wondering what had happened.
13. On the same day, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village called Emmaus. It was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
14. They were talking to each other about everything that had happened.
15. While they were talking, Jesus approached them and began walking with them.
16. Although they saw him, they didn’t recognize him.
17. He asked them, “What are you dis cussing?”They stopped and looked very sad.
18. One of them, Cleopas, replied, “Are you the only one in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has happened recently?”
19. “What happened?” he asked.They said to him, “We were discussing what happened to Jesus from Nazareth. He was a powerful prophet in what he did and said in the sight of God and all the people.
20. Our chief priests and rulers had him condemned to death and crucified.
21. We were hoping that he was the one who would free Israel. What’s more, this is now the third day since everything happened.
22. Some of the women from our group startled us. They went to the tomb early this morning
23. and didn’t find his body. They told us that they had seen angels who said that he’s alive.