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Luke 24

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. CCC

2 And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre.

3 And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. CCC

4 And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel.

5 And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? CCC

6 He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee, CCC

7 Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words.

9 And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. CCC

10 And it was Mary Magdalen and Joanna and Mary of James and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. CCC

11 And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them. CCC

12 But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre and, stooping down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves: and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. CCC

13 And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. CCC

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them. CCC

16 But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

17 And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk and are sad? CCC

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?

19 To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people.

20 And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him.

21 But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel. And now besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done. CCC

22 Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us who, before it was light, were at the sepulchre, CCC

23 And not finding his body, came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. CCC

24 And some of our people went to the sepulchre and found it so as the women had said: but him they found not.

25 Then he said to them: O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. CCC · Fathers

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory? CCC · Fathers

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. CCC

28 And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther.

29 But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. 1

30 And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them. CCC

31 And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight. CCC

32 And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way and opened to us the scriptures?

33 And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them,

34 Saying: The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon. CCC

35 And they told what things were done in the way: and how they knew him in the breaking of bread.

36 Now, whilst they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them and saith to them: Peace be to you. It is I: Fear not. CCC

37 But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

38 And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? CCC

39 See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. CCC · Fathers

40 And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet. CCC

41 But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said: Have you here any thing to eat? CCC

42 And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish and a honeycomb. CCC

43 And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to them. CCC

44 And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me. CCC

45 Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. CCC

46 And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day: CCC

47 And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. CCC · Fathers

48 And you are witnesses of these things. CCC

49 And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the city till you be endued with power from on high. CCC

50 And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

51 And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them and was carried up to heaven. CCC

52 And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy.

53 And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Where our lessons quote this chapter

  1. Verses 29–31: The Sacraments

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 1CCC 641 CCC 2174
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    • CCC 641 “Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because…”
    • CCC 2174 “Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week." Because it is the "first day," the day of Christ's…”
  2. Verse 3CCC 640
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    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
  3. Verse 5CCC 626 CCC 640
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    • CCC 626 “Since the "Author of life" who was killed 467 is the same "living one [who has] risen", The divine person of the…”
    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
  4. Verse 6CCC 626 CCC 640 CCC 652
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    • CCC 626 “Since the "Author of life" who was killed 467 is the same "living one [who has] risen", The divine person of the…”
    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
    • CCC 652 “Christ's Resurrection is the fulfilment of the promises both of the Old Testament and of Jesus himself during his earthly life. The…”
  5. Verse 9CCC 641
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    • CCC 641 “Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because…”
  6. Verse 10CCC 641
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    • CCC 641 “Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because…”
  7. Verse 11CCC 643
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    • CCC 643 “Given all these testimonies, Christ's Resurrection cannot be interpreted as something outside the physical order, and it is impossible not to acknowledge…”
  8. Verse 12CCC 640
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    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
  9. Verse 13CCC 1094 CCC 1329 CCC 1347
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    • CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
    • CCC 1329 “The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his…”
    • CCC 1347 “Is this not the same movement as the Paschal meal of the risen Jesus with his disciples? Walking with them he explained…”
  10. Verse 15CCC 645 CCC 659
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    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
    • CCC 659 “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right…”
  11. Verse 17CCC 643
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    • CCC 643 “Given all these testimonies, Christ's Resurrection cannot be interpreted as something outside the physical order, and it is impossible not to acknowledge…”
  12. Verse 21CCC 439
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    • CCC 439 “Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic "Son of David",…”
  13. Verse 22CCC 640
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    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
  14. Verse 23CCC 640
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    • CCC 640 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." The first element we encounter in…”
  15. Verse 25CCC 601 CCC 112
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    • CCC 601 “The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”

    • “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  16. Verse 26CCC 555 CCC 572 CCC 601 CCC 710 CCC 112
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    • CCC 555 “For a moment Jesus discloses his divine glory, confirming Peter's confession. He also reveals that he will have to go by the…”
    • CCC 572 “The Church remains faithful to the interpretation of "all the Scriptures" that Jesus gave both before and after his Passover: "Was it…”
    • CCC 601 “The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a…”
    • CCC 710 “The forgetting of the Law and the infidelity to the covenant end in death: it is the Exile, apparently the failure of…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”

    • “… was that the Lord discoursed with the disciples after His resurrection from the dead, proving to them from the Scriptures themselves "that Christ must suffer, and enter into His glory, and that remission of sins should be preached in His name throughout all the world.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  17. Verse 27CCC 555 CCC 572 CCC 601 CCC 2625 CCC 112
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    • CCC 555 “For a moment Jesus discloses his divine glory, confirming Peter's confession. He also reveals that he will have to go by the…”
    • CCC 572 “The Church remains faithful to the interpretation of "all the Scriptures" that Jesus gave both before and after his Passover: "Was it…”
    • CCC 601 “The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a…”
    • CCC 2625 “In the first place these are prayers that the faithful hear and read in the Scriptures, but also that they make their…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”
  18. Verse 30CCC 645 CCC 1166
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    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
    • CCC 1166 “By a tradition handed down from the apostles which took its origin from the very day of Christ's Resurrection, the Church celebrates…”
  19. Verse 31CCC 659
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    • CCC 659 “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right…”
  20. Verse 34CCC 552 CCC 641
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    • CCC 552 “Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve; Jesus entrusted a unique mission to him. Through a revelation…”
    • CCC 641 “Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because…”
  21. Verse 36CCC 641 CCC 645
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    • CCC 641 “Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because…”
    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
  22. Verse 38CCC 644
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    • CCC 644 “Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they…”
  23. Verse 39CCC 644 CCC 645 CCC 999
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    • CCC 644 “Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they…”
    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
    • CCC 999 “How? Christ is raised with his own body: "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself"; but he did…”

    • “… as the blessed Paul declares in his Epistle to the Ephesians, that "we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones." He does not speak these words of some spiritual and invisible man, for a spirit has not bones nor flesh;”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter II. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  24. Verse 40CCC 644 CCC 645
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    • CCC 644 “Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they…”
    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
  25. Verse 41CCC 644 CCC 645
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    • CCC 644 “Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they…”
    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
  26. Verse 42CCC 645
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    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
  27. Verse 43CCC 645
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    • CCC 645 “By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them…”
  28. Verse 44CCC 572 CCC 601 CCC 702 CCC 2625 CCC 2763 CCC 112
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    • CCC 572 “The Church remains faithful to the interpretation of "all the Scriptures" that Jesus gave both before and after his Passover: "Was it…”
    • CCC 601 “The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a…”
    • CCC 702 “From the beginning until "the fullness of time," The joint mission of the Father's Word and Spirit remains hidden, but it is…”
    • CCC 2625 “In the first place these are prayers that the faithful hear and read in the Scriptures, but also that they make their…”
    • CCC 2763 “All the Scriptures - the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms - are fulfilled in Christ. The Gospel is this "Good News."…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”
  29. Verse 45CCC 572 CCC 601 CCC 108 CCC 112
    Read the Catechism
    • CCC 572 “The Church remains faithful to the interpretation of "all the Scriptures" that Jesus gave both before and after his Passover: "Was it…”
    • CCC 601 “The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a…”
    • CCC 108 “Still, the Christian faith is not a "religion of the book". Christianity is the religion of the "Word" of God, "not a…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”
  30. Verse 46CCC 627 CCC 112
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    • CCC 627 “Christ's death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. But because of the union…”
    • CCC 112 “Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture…”
  31. Verse 47CCC 730 CCC 981 CCC 1120 CCC 1122
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    • CCC 730 “At last Jesus' hour arrives: he commends his spirit into the Father's hands 118 at the very moment when by his death…”
    • CCC 981 “After his Resurrection, Christ sent his apostles "so that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all…”
    • CCC 1120 “The ordained ministry or ministerial priesthood is at the service of the baptismal priesthood. The ordained priesthood guarantees that it really is…”
    • CCC 1122 “Christ sent his apostles so that "repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations." "Go therefore…”

    • “… was that the Lord discoursed with the disciples after His resurrection from the dead, proving to them from the Scriptures themselves "that Christ must suffer, and enter into His glory, and that remission of sins should be preached in His name throughout all the world.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  32. Verse 48CCC 730 CCC 1304
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    • CCC 730 “At last Jesus' hour arrives: he commends his spirit into the Father's hands 118 at the very moment when by his death…”
    • CCC 1304 “Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the…”
  33. Verse 49CCC 1304
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    • CCC 1304 “Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the…”
  34. Verse 51CCC 659
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    • CCC 659 “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right…”
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