Jesus Is Risen!

24 ^(A)Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^(B)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C)two men suddenly ^(D)stood near them in dazzling clothing, ⁵ and when the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He ^(E)has ^[a]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(F)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(G)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” ⁸ And ^(H)they remembered His words, ⁹ and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now ^(I)Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women with them were there; they were telling these things to ^(J)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[b]to them as nonsense, and they ^(K)were not believing them. ¹² But Peter stood up and ^(L)ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[c]only. And he went away ^(M)by himself, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, ^(N)two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[d]sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had happened. ¹⁵ And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus Himself approached and was going with them. ¹⁶ But ^(O)their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are discussing with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ And one of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ^[e]the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about ^(P)Jesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty ^(Q)prophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(R)rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(S)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us astounded us. ^(T)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and not finding His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also said, but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(U)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (V)Was it not necessary for the ^[f]Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[g]with ^(W)Moses and ^[h]with all the ^(X)prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(Y)He acted as though He were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day ^[i]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^(Z)blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them. ³¹ Then their ^(AA)eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from ^[j]their sight. ³² And they said to one another, “^[k]Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(AB)was opening the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(AC)found gathered together the eleven and ^(AD)those with them, ³⁴ who were saying, “^(AE)The Lord has really risen and ^(AF)has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵ And they were relating ^[l]their experiences on the road and how ^(AG)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(AH)He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace to you.” ³⁷ But being startled and frightened, they were thinking that they were seeing ^(AI)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ^[m]hearts? ^39 (AJ)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^(AK)touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ And while they still ^(AL)were not believing because of their joy and were still marveling, He said to them, “^(AM)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, ⁴³ and He took it and ^(AN)ate it before them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(AO)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the ^(AP)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(AQ)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(AR)opened their ^[n]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(AS)Thus it is written, that the ^[o]Christ would suffer and ^(AT)rise again from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AU)repentance ^[p]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[q]in His name to ^(AV)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(AW)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(AX)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but ^(AY)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AZ)Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple blessing God.