And do you not think, too, that Peter must have been very glad indeed of that special message which the Lord Jesus sent to him? We read afterwards that the Lord also appeared to Peter; but we do not know what He said to His sorrowful disciple. All we do know is that Jesus forgave him. And this is what He will do for us, children, if we ask Him to forgive us. He will comfort us with the assurance of His love and pardon, and He will help us to go on again like He did Peter. Meanwhile the soldiers who were watching at the tomb were very frightened at all that had happened, and went and told the chief priests all about it. So when they had consulted together, they gave the soldiers money, and told them to say that the disciples of Jesus had come in the night and had stolen His body. So that saying was believed among the Jews from that time. But Jesus was alive! He showed Himself over and over again to His own disciples; and so that there should be no mistake, He came one evening into the midst of the room where the disciples and those who were with them were assembled, and said, "Peace be unto you!" They were all so frightened, thinking that they had seen a spirit, that Jesus told them to touch Him and to look at the marks of the nails in His hands and feet; and when they could hardly believe for joy, He asked them to give Him some food, and He sat down and ate it before them, explaining to them in loving words that it was necessary for Him to die, but also necessary for Him to rise again, that He might obtain eternal salvation for all who will obey Him. XXV. On the Shore at Dawn On the day of the resurrection, two of the disciples of the Lord Jesus were walking from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus, and as they went along they spoke of all that had happened, reasoning together about it. And as they walked, Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they did not know Him. So He asked them what they were talking of, and why they were sad? And Cleopas answered, that He must be a stranger in Jerusalem if He did not know what had so lately happened there. And Jesus asked them, "What things?" So they told Him it was about Jesus of Nazareth who had been a mighty prophet, but now had been crucified; and how they had hoped that He was to be their Saviour. Then Jesus told them that if they had only believed, they would have understood that the Scriptures had foretold that Christ must suffer to atone for sin, and then to enter into His glory. So He explained in all the Scriptures the things about Himself—but still they did not know Him. Then they came to the village, and they pressed Him to abide with them; and while they sat at supper Jesus blessed the bread, and brake it, and gave to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they knew Him, and He vanished out of their sight.