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
34. who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
35. Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
36. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37. But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
38. Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?
39. Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
40. And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41. While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”