38 Then Peter, James and John went forth and found their brethren, and said, Behold, the Lord is risen from the dead, and we have seen him face to face. 39 The brethren were amazed at what the three disciples said; but still they looked upon their words as idle talk and they believed them not. CHAPTER 174. _Jesus appears, fully materialized, to Zachus and Cleophas as they journey to Emmaus, but they know him not. He tells them many things about Christ. He eats the evening meal with them, and reveals himself to them. They go to Jerusalem and tell the news._ Towards the evening of the resurrection day, two friends of Jesus, Zachus and Cleophas of Emmaus, seven miles away, were going to their home. 2 And as they walked and talked about the things that had occurred a stranger joined their company. 3 He said, My friends, you seem discouraged and are sad. Has some great grief upon you come? 4 Cleophas said, Are you a stranger in Judea, and know not of the thrilling things that have transpired here? 5 The stranger said, What things? To what do you refer? 6 Cleophas said, Have you not heard about the man from Galilee who was a prophet mighty in both word and deed? 7 A man whom many thought had come to found again the kingdom of the Jews, and drive the Romans from the city of Jerusalem and be himself the king? 8 The stranger said, Tell me about this man. 9 Cleophas said, His name was Jesus; he was born in Bethlehem; his home was up in Galilee. He loved the people as he loved himself. 10 He was, in truth, a master sent from God, for he had matchless power. He healed the sick and made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, and even raised the dead. 11 The Jewish scribes and Pharisees were jealous of his fame and power, and they arrested him; by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes, 12 And on last Friday he was taken to the place of skulls and crucified. 13 He died and he was buried in a rich man’s tomb, out in the garden of Siloam. 14 This very morning when his friends went to the tomb they found it empty; the body of the Lord was gone. 15 And now the news has spread abroad that he has risen from the dead. 16 The stranger said, Yes, I have heard about this man; but it seems strange that after all the things that Jewish prophets long ago foretold concerning him that when he came men knew him not. 17 This man was born to demonstrate the Christ to men, and it is just to say that Jesus is the Christ. 18 According to the Word, this Jesus came to suffer at the hands of men, to give his life as pattern for the sons of men; 19 To rise from death that men might know the way to rise from death. 20 And then the stranger told the two disciples all about the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, and read to them a multitude of things that had been written of this man from Galilee.