Jesus Has Risen
1 On the first day of the
week, very
early in
the
morning,
the women
took the
spices
they had
prepared
and went
to the
tomb.
2 They
found the
stone
rolled
away from
the tomb,
3 but when
they
entered,
they did
not find
the body
of the
Lord
Jesus.
4 While
they were
wondering
about
this,
suddenly
two men in
clothes
that
gleamed
like
lightning
stood
beside
them.
5 In
their
fright the
women
bowed down
with their
faces to
the
ground,
but the
men said
to them,
“Why do
you look
for the
living
among the
dead?
6 He
is not
here; he
has risen!
Remember
how he
told you,
while he
was still
with you
in
Galilee:
7 ‘The Son
of Man
must be
delivered
over to
the hands
of
sinners,
be
crucified
and on the
third day
be raised
again.’ ”
8 Then
they
remembered
his words.
9 When they came back from
the tomb,
they told
all these
things to
the Eleven
and to all
the
others.
10 It was
Mary
Magdalene,
Joanna,
Mary the
mother of
James, and
the others
with them
who told
this to
the
apostles.
11 But
they did
not
believe
the women,
because
their
words
seemed to
them like
nonsense.
12 Peter,
however,
got up and
ran to the
tomb.
Bending
over, he
saw the
strips of
linen
lying by
themselves,
and he
went away,
wondering
to himself
what had
happened.
On the Road to
Emmaus
13 Now that same day two
of them
were going
to a
village
called
Emmaus,
about
seven
miles
from
Jerusalem.
14 They
were
talking
with each
other
about
everything
that had
happened.
15 As they
talked and
discussed
these
things
with each
other,
Jesus
himself
came up
and walked
along with
them;
16 but
they were
kept from
recognizing
him.
17 He asked them, “What
are you
discussing
together
as you
walk
along?”
They stood still, their
faces
downcast.
18 One of
them,
named
Cleopas,
asked him,
“Are you
the only
one
visiting
Jerusalem
who does
not know
the things
that have
happened
there in
these
days?”
19 “What things?” he
asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,”
they
replied.
“He was a
prophet,
powerful
in word
and deed
before God
and all
the
people.
20 The
chief
priests
and our
rulers
handed him
over to be
sentenced
to death,
and they
crucified
him;
21 but
we had
hoped that
he was the
one who
was going
to redeem
Israel.
And what
is more,
it is the
third day
since all
this took
place.
22 In
addition,
some of
our women
amazed us.
They went
to the
tomb early
this
morning
23 but
didn’t
find his
body. They
came and
told us
that they
had seen a
vision of
angels,
who said
he was
alive.
24 Then
some of
our
companions
went to
the tomb
and found
it just as
the women
had said,
but they
did not
see
Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How
foolish
you are,
and how
slow to
believe
all that
the
prophets
have
spoken!
26 Did not
the
Messiah
have to
suffer
these
things and
then enter
his
glory?”
27 And
beginning
with Moses
and all
the
Prophets,
he
explained
to them
what was
said in
all the
Scriptures
concerning
himself.
28 As they approached the
village to
which they
were
going,
Jesus
continued
on as if
he were
going
farther.
29 But
they urged
him
strongly,
“Stay with
us, for it
is nearly
evening;
the day is
almost
over.” So
he went in
to stay
with them.
30 When he was at the
table with
them, he
took
bread,
gave
thanks,
broke it
and began
to give it
to them.
31 Then
their eyes
were
opened and
they
recognized
him, and
he
disappeared
from their
sight.
32 They
asked each
other,
“Were not
our hearts
burning
within us
while he
talked
with us on
the road
and opened
the
Scriptures
to us?”
33 They got up and
returned
at once to
Jerusalem.
There they
found the
Eleven and
those with
them,
assembled
together
34 and
saying,
“It is
true! The
Lord has
risen and
has
appeared
to Simon.”
35 Then
the two
told what
had
happened
on the
way, and
how Jesus
was
recognized
by them
when he
broke the
bread.
Jesus Appears to
the
Disciples
36 While they were still
talking
about
this,
Jesus
himself
stood
among them
and said
to them,
“Peace be
with you.”
37 They were startled and
frightened,
thinking
they saw a
ghost.
38 He
said to
them, “Why
are you
troubled,
and why do
doubts
rise in
your
minds?
39 Look at
my hands
and my
feet. It
is I
myself!
Touch me
and see; a
ghost does
not have
flesh and
bones, as
you see I
have.”
40 When he had said this,
he showed
them his
hands and
feet.
41 And
while they
still did
not
believe it
because of
joy and
amazement,
he asked
them, “Do
you have
anything
here to
eat?”
42 They
gave him a
piece of
broiled
fish,
43 and
he took it
and ate it
in their
presence.
44 He said to them, “This
is what I
told you
while I
was still
with you:
Everything
must be
fulfilled
that is
written
about me
in the Law
of Moses,
the
Prophets
and the
Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their
minds so
they could
understand
the
Scriptures.
46 He told
them,
“This is
what is
written:
The
Messiah
will
suffer and
rise from
the dead
on the
third day,
47 and
repentance
for the
forgiveness
of sins
will be
preached
in his
name to
all
nations,
beginning
at
Jerusalem.
48 You are
witnesses
of these
things.
49 I am
going to
send you
what my
Father has
promised;
but stay
in the
city until
you have
been
clothed
with power
from on
high.”
The Ascension of
Jesus
50 When he had led them
out to the
vicinity
of
Bethany,
he lifted
up his
hands and
blessed
them.
51 While
he was
blessing
them, he
left them
and was
taken up
into
heaven.
52 Then
they
worshiped
him and
returned
to
Jerusalem
with great
joy.
53 And
they
stayed
continually
at the
temple,
praising
God.