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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 only a
visitor to Jerusalem and do 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 him they did not
see.”
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.
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