He Is Risen
1 Now
on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and
certain other women with them,[a]
came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 But they found the stone rolled
away from the tomb. 3 Then they went
in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened, as they were
greatly[b]
perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
5 Then, as they were afraid and
bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the
living among the dead? 6 He is not
here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise
again.’”
8 And they remembered His words.
9 Then they returned from the tomb
and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told
these things to the apostles. 11 And
their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
12 But Peter arose and ran to the
tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying[c]
by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
The Road to Emmaus
13 Now behold, two of them were
traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles[d]
from Jerusalem. 14 And they talked
together of all these things which had happened.
15 So it was, while they conversed
and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.
16 But their eyes were restrained,
so that they did not know Him.
17 And He said to them, “What kind
of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and
are sad?”[e]
18 Then the one whose name was
Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and
have You not known the things which happened there in these days?”
19 And He said to them, “What
things?”
So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
20 and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.
21 But we were hoping that it was He
who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day
since these things happened. 22 Yes,
and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us.
23 When they did not find His body,
they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was
alive. 24 And certain 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.”
25 Then He said to them, “O foolish
ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Ought not the Christ to have
suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”
27 And beginning at Moses and all
the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
Himself.
The Disciples’ Eyes Opened
28 Then they drew near to the
village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther.
29 But they constrained Him, saying,
“Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went
in to stay with them.
30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at
the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave
it to them. 31 Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
32 And they said to one another,
“Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while
He opened the Scriptures to us?” 33
So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
and those who were with them gathered together,
34 saying, “The Lord is risen
indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35
And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He
was known to them in the breaking of bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36 Now as they said these things,
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.”
37 But they were terrified and
frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.
38 And He said to them, “Why are you
troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 Behold My hands and My feet, that
it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as
you see I have.”
40 When He had said this, He showed
them His hands and His feet.[f]
41 But while they still did not
believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, “Have you any food here?”
42 So they gave Him a piece of a
broiled fish and some honeycomb.[g]
43 And He took it and ate in
their presence.
The Scriptures Opened
44 Then He said to them, “These
are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the
Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
45 And He opened their
understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is
written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise[h]
from the dead the third day, 47 and
that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48
And you are witnesses of these things. 49
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of
Jerusalem[i]
until you are endued with power from on high.”
The Ascension
50 And He led them out as far as
Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
51 Now it came to pass, while He
blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshiped Him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53
and were continually in the temple praising and[j]
blessing God. Amen.[k]
