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Themes in Luke 24
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Themes in Luke 24

Luke 24:1

Now on the first [day] of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared.

Luke 24:2

And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

Luke 24:3

but [when they] went in, they did not find the body.

Luke 24:4

And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men in gleaming clothing stood near them.

Luke 24:5

And [as] they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

Luke 24:6

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he spoke to you [while he] was still in Galilee,

Luke 24:7

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men [who are] sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise?"

Luke 24:8

And they remembered his words,

Luke 24:9

and [when they] returned from the tomb, they reported all these [things] to the eleven and to all the rest.

Luke 24:10

Now Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the [mother] of James and the others with them were telling these [things] to the apostles.

Luke 24:11

And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they refused to believe them.

Luke 24:12

But Peter got up [and] ran to the tomb, and bending over to look, he saw only the [strips of] linen cloth, and he went away to his home wondering what had happened.

Luke 24:13

And behold, on [that] same day, two of them were traveling to a village {named} Emmaus [that was] sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem,

Luke 24:14

and they were conversing with one another about all these [things] that had happened.

Luke 24:15

And it happened that while they were conversing, and discussing, Jesus himself also approached [and] began to go along with them,

Luke 24:16

but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

Luke 24:17

And he said to them, "What [are] these matters that you are discussing with one another [as you] are walking along?" And they stood still, looking sad.

Luke 24:18

And one [of them], {named} Cleopas, answered [and] said to him, "[Are] you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?"

Luke 24:19

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

Luke 24:20

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to a sentence of death, and crucified him.

Luke 24:21

But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. But in addition to all these [things], this [is] the third day {since} these [things] took place.

Luke 24:22

But also some women from among us astonished us, who were at the tomb early in the morning,

Luke 24:23

and [when they] did not find his body, they came back saying [they] had seen even a vision of angels, who said [that] he was alive!

Luke 24:24

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

Luke 24:25

And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary [that] the Christ suffer these [things] and enter into his glory?"

Luke 24:27

And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

Luke 24:28

And they drew near to the village where they were going, and he acted as though he was going farther.

Luke 24:29

And they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is [getting] toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent." And he went in to stay with them.

Luke 24:30

And it happened that when he reclined at the table with them, he took the bread [and] gave thanks, and [after] breaking [it], he gave [it] to them.

Luke 24:31

And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became invisible to them.

Luke 24:32

And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"

Luke 24:33

And they got up [that] same hour [and] returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them assembled,

Luke 24:34

saying, "The Lord has really been raised, and has appeared to Simon!"

Luke 24:35

And they began describing {what happened} on the road, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Luke 24:36

And [while] they were saying these [things], he himself stood there among them.

Luke 24:37

But they were startled and became terrified, [and] thought [they] had seen a ghost.

Luke 24:38

And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

Luke 24:39

Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."

Luke 24:40

And [when he] had said this, he showed them [his] hands and [his] feet.

Luke 24:41

And [while] they were still disbelieving because of joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Do you have anything {to eat} here?"

Luke 24:42

So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

Luke 24:43

and he took [it] [and] ate [it] in front of them.

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

Luke 24:46

and said to them, "Thus it is written [that] the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

Luke 24:47

and repentance and the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Luke 24:48

You are witnesses of these [things].

Luke 24:49

And behold, I am sending out what was promised by my Father upon you, but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

Luke 24:50

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

Luke 24:51

And it happened that while he was blessing them, he parted from them and was taken up into heaven.

Luke 24:52

And they worshiped him [and] returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

Luke 24:53

And they were {continually} in the temple [courts] praising God.
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