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But their eyes were held that they should not know him.
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And he said unto them, What manner of words are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and are sad?
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And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Are you a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?
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And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, 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 have crucified him.
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But we hoped that it was he who should have redeemed Israel: and besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.
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Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, who were early at the sepulcher;
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And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
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And certain of them who were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
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Then he said unto them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
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Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
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And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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And they drew near unto the village, where they were going: and he made as though he would have gone further.
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But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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And it came to pass, as he sat to eat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave to them.
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And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
