And it happened when Jesus had reclined at the dinner table with them [Note: See Matt. 23:6], that He took a [small] loaf of bread, asked God's blessing on it, then broke it and gave [pieces] to the two men.

[Immediately] their eyes were opened [i.e., they were given insight] so they could recognize Him. And [just then] He disappeared from their view [Note: The Greek says, "became invisible," suggesting that He vanished miraculously].

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

So they rose and without an hour's delay returned to Jerusalem, and found the Eleven and the rest met together, who said to them,

So they also related what had happened during their walk, and how they had recognized Jesus at the Breaking of the Bread.

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

But Jesus told them, "What's frightening you? And why are you doubting?

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

You apostles are [to be] witnesses of these things [i.e., they were to give their testimony of these truths. See Acts 1:8].

And remember that I am about to send out my Father's promised gift to rest upon you. But, as for you, wait patiently in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

Then Jesus led His apostles out [of Jerusalem] until they came near to Bethany [Note: This was a village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem]. [There] He raised His hands and asked God's blessing on them.

And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.

So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

and they were continually in the temple blessing and praising God.