24. Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
25. So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
26. Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
27. Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
28. So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,
29. but they urged him, “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.
30. When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
31. At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.
32. They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
33. So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together
34. and saying, “The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!”
35. Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.
36. While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37. But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.
38. Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39. Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”
40. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41. And while they still could not believe it (because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
42. So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,