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And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
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Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
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He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
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saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' "
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And they remembered His words.
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Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
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It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
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And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
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But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
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Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.
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And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
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So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.
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But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
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And He said to them, "What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?"
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Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?"
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And He said to them, "What things?" So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.
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But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.
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Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us.
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When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.
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And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see."