21 And now the men had reached their home and as the night was near they importuned the stranger to abide with them. 22 And he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal, he took a piece of bread, and blessed it in the name of Christ. 23 And instantly their eyes were opened up, and they perceived that he, the stranger, was the Lord, the man from Galilee; that he had risen from the dead; and then the form of Jesus disappeared. 24 When he had gone, the two disciples were amazed. They said, Did not our hearts burn with delight while he was talking to us by the way and opening up the testimonies of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms? 25 Then Zachus and Cleopas went back to Jerusalem, and everywhere they went they said, Lo, we have seen the Lord; 26 He walked with us to Emmaus; he ate with us the evening meal, and broke for us the bread of life. CHAPTER 175. _Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the ten apostles in Simon’s house, and to Lazarus and his sisters._ The evening of the resurrection day had come; the ten apostles were in Simon’s house in Bethany. The lawyer, Thomas, was not there. 2 The doors were closed and barred, because the Jews had said that they would drive the Galileans from the land. 3 And as they talked, lo, Jesus came and stood forth in their midst, and said, Peace! peace! 4 And the disciples shrank in fear; they thought it was a phantom that they saw. 5 And Jesus said, Why are you troubled thus? why do you fear? I am no phantom form. I am your Lord, and I have risen from the dead. 6 I often said, I will arise; but you believed me not; and now come here and see. A phantom has not flesh and bones and brawn, like I possess. 7 Come now, and clasp my hands, and touch my feet, and lay your hands upon my head. 8 And every one came up and clasped his hands, and touched his feet, and laid his hands upon his head. 9 And Jesus said, Have you here anything to eat? 10 And they brought out a fragment of a fish; he ate it in the presence of them all, and then the ten believed. 11 Nathaniel said, And now we know that he has risen from the dead; he stands a surety of the resurrection of the dead. And Jesus disappeared. 12 Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and Lazarus were in their home, and they had heard the rumor that their Lord had risen from the dead, and Martha said, 13 It cannot be, for such a thing has never happened since the world began. 14 But Mary said, Did not the Lord bring back our brother from the dead? and he could surely bring himself to life again. 15 And as they talked, the Lord stood in their midst and said, 16 All hail! for I am risen from the dead, first fruitage of the grave! 17 And Martha ran and brought the chair in which the Lord had ever loved to sit, and Jesus sat down on the chair. 18 And for a long, long time they talked about the trial, and the scenes of Calvary and of the garden of Siloam.