New American Bible, Revised Edition

Luke 24:22-33 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

22. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning

23. and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive.

24. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.”

25. And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

26. Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

27. Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.

28. As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther.

29. But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

30. And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.

31. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

32. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?”

33. So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them