The Resurrection

¹hBut on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, itaking the spices they had prepared. ²And they found jthe stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were perplexed about this, behold, ktwo lmen stood by them in dazzling apparel. ⁵And as they were mfrightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, nwhile he was still in Galilee, ⁷nthat the Son of Man omust be delivered into the hands of sinful men and pbe crucified and on qthe third day rise.” ⁸And rthey remembered his words, ⁹and returning from the tomb they stold all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰Now it was tMary Magdalene and uJoanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, ¹¹but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and vthey did not believe them. ¹²But wPeter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw xthe linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³That very day ytwo of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles1 from Jerusalem, ¹⁴and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. ¹⁶zBut their eyes were kept from recognizing him. ¹⁷And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was aa prophet bmighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰and chow our chief priests and drulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹But we had hoped that he was ethe one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now fthe third day since these things happened. ²²Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. gThey were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³and hwhen they did not find his body, they came back saying that ithey had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. ²⁴jSome of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” ²⁵And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶kWas it not necessary that lthe Christ should suffer these things and enter into mhis glory?” ²⁷And nbeginning with oMoses and pall the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

²⁸So they drew near to the village to which they were going. qHe acted as if he were going farther, ²⁹but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and rthe day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰When he was at table with them, he took the bread and sblessed and broke it and gave it to them. ³¹tAnd their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And uhe vanished from their sight. ³²They said to each other, v“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he wopened to us the Scriptures?” ³³And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they xfound the eleven and ythose who were with them gathered together, ³⁴saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and zhas appeared to Simon!” ³⁵Then they told what had happened on the road, and ahow he was known to them in bthe breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶As they were talking about these things, cJesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” ³⁷But they were dstartled and efrightened and fthought they saw a spirit. ³⁸And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. gTouch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” ⁴⁰And when he had said this, hhe showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹And while they still disbelieved ifor joy and were marveling, jhe said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴²They gave him a piece of broiled fish,2 ⁴³and he took it and ate before them.

⁴⁴Then he said to them, k“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, lthat everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵Then mhe opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Thus nit is written, othat the Christ should suffer and on the third day prise from the dead, ⁴⁷and that qrepentance for3 the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed rin his name sto all nations, tbeginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸uYou are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And behold, I am sending vthe promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you ware clothed with xpower yfrom on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰And zhe led them out as far as aBethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. ⁵¹While he blessed them, bhe parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵²And they cworshiped him and zreturned to Jerusalem dwith great joy, ⁵³and ewere continually in the temple fblessing God.

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