耶穌死裡復活

24 週日黎明時分,幾位婦女帶著預備好的香料來到墳前, 發現墓口的大石頭已經滾到旁邊, 便進去,卻沒有看見主耶穌的遺體。 正在猜疑之間,突然有兩個衣服發光的人站在旁邊, 她們嚇得俯伏在地。那兩個人對她們說:「你們為什麼在死人中找活人呢? 祂不在這裡,已經復活了!記住祂在加利利對你們說的話, 『人子必須被交在罪人的手中,被釘在十字架上,在第三天復活。』」

她們想起耶穌的話來, 便離開墓地回去把事情的經過告訴十一個使徒和其他人。 10 這些婦女就是抹大拉的瑪麗亞、約亞娜、雅各的母親瑪麗亞及其他人。

11 大家聽了都不相信,認為是無稽之談。 12 彼得卻起身跑到墓地,屈身往墓裡張望,只見細麻布在那裡,他便離開了,對發生的事大惑不解。

耶穌的顯現

13 同一天,有兩個門徒前往離耶路撒冷十一公里的以馬忤斯村, 14 一路談論著最近發生的一切事。 15 正談論的時候,耶穌走過來和他們同行。 16 可是,他們認不出耶穌。

17 耶穌問他們:「你們一路上在談論什麼?」

他們停下腳步,滿面愁容, 18 其中一個叫革流巴的說:「難道在耶路撒冷作客的人中,只有你不知道近日發生的大事嗎?」

19 耶穌問:「什麼事?」

他們說:「就是拿撒勒人耶穌的事。祂本來是個先知,在上帝和百姓面前言談舉止充滿力量。 20 我們的祭司長和官長卻把祂押去判了死刑,釘在十字架上。

21 「我們一直希望祂就是要拯救以色列的那位。還有,今天是事發後的第三天, 22 我們當中有幾位婦女一早到耶穌的墳墓, 23 發現耶穌的遺體不見了,回來說天使曾向她們顯現並告訴她們耶穌已經復活了。

24 「後來我們有幾個人親自去墳墓察看,果然像她們所說的,耶穌的遺體不見了。」

25 耶穌對他們說:「無知的人啊!為什麼遲遲不肯相信先知的話呢? 26 基督豈不是要先這樣受害,然後進入祂的榮耀嗎?」

27 耶穌接著從摩西和眾先知的記載開始,把有關自己的經文都向他們講解明白。

28 快到以馬忤斯村時,耶穌好像還要繼續前行。 29 他們極力挽留祂,說:「天快黑了,時候不早了,跟我們一同住宿吧。」耶穌就和他們一起進村住下。

30 吃飯的時候,耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝後,掰開遞給他們。 31 忽然他們眼睛明亮了,認出是耶穌。耶穌很快從他們眼前消失了。

32 二人彼此議論說:「一路上祂和我們說話、為我們解釋聖經的時候,我們心裡不是很火熱嗎?」 33 二人馬上趕回耶路撒冷,看到十一位使徒及其同伴正聚在一起談論: 34 「主真的復活了,祂向西門顯現了。」

35 二人也把路上發生的事以及掰餅時認出主的經過述說了一遍。

36 正說的時候,耶穌出現在他們中間,說:「願你們平安!」 37 他們又驚又怕,以為是看見了鬼魂。

38 耶穌說:「你們為什麼憂心忡忡?為什麼心存疑惑呢? 39 你們看我的手和腳,就知道真的是我。來摸摸看,鬼魂沒有骨和肉,你們看!我有。」 40 說完,便伸出手和腳給他們看。

41 門徒又驚又喜,半信半疑。耶穌問:「你們這裡有吃的嗎?」 42 他們便給祂一片烤魚, 43 祂接過魚來在他們面前吃了。

44 耶穌對他們說:「我跟你們在一起的時候曾經說過,摩西的律法書、先知的書以及詩篇裡有關我的記載都要應驗。」 45 於是,耶穌開啟了他們的心竅,使他們明白這些經文, 46 又對他們說:「聖經上說,基督必受害,然後在第三天從死裡復活, 47 人們要奉祂的名傳揚悔改、赦罪的福音,從耶路撒冷一直傳遍萬國。

48 「你們是這些事的見證人, 49 我要把我父所應許的賜給你們。不過,你們要留在城裡,直到你們得到天上來的能力。」

耶穌升天

50 耶穌帶著門徒來到伯大尼附近,舉起雙手為他們祝福。 51 正祝福的時候,祂就離開了他們,被接到天上去了。 52 門徒都敬拜祂,然後歡歡喜喜地回到耶路撒冷。 53 他們常在聖殿裡讚美上帝。

耶稣死里复活

24 周日黎明时分,几位妇女带着预备好的香料来到坟前, 发现墓口的大石头已经滚到旁边, 便进去,却没有看见主耶稣的遗体。 正在猜疑之间,突然有两个衣服发光的人站在旁边, 她们吓得俯伏在地。那两个人对她们说:“你们为什么在死人中找活人呢? 祂不在这里,已经复活了!记住祂在加利利对你们说的话, ‘人子必须被交在罪人的手中,被钉在十字架上,在第三天复活。’”

她们想起耶稣的话来, 便离开墓地回去把事情的经过告诉十一个使徒和其他人。 10 这些妇女就是抹大拉的玛丽亚、约亚娜、雅各的母亲玛丽亚及其他人。

11 大家听了都不相信,认为是无稽之谈。 12 彼得却起身跑到墓地,屈身往墓里张望,只见细麻布在那里,他便离开了,对发生的事大惑不解。

耶稣的显现

13 同一天,有两个门徒前往离耶路撒冷十一公里的以马忤斯村, 14 一路谈论着最近发生的一切事。 15 正谈论的时候,耶稣走过来和他们同行。 16 可是,他们认不出耶稣。

17 耶稣问他们:“你们一路上在谈论什么?”

他们停下脚步,满面愁容, 18 其中一个叫革流巴的说:“难道在耶路撒冷作客的人中,只有你不知道近日发生的大事吗?”

19 耶稣问:“什么事?”

他们说:“就是拿撒勒人耶稣的事。祂本来是个先知,在上帝和百姓面前言谈举止充满力量。 20 我们的祭司长和官长却把祂押去判了死刑,钉在十字架上。

21 “我们一直希望祂就是要拯救以色列的那位。还有,今天是事发后的第三天, 22 我们当中有几位妇女一早到耶稣的坟墓, 23 发现耶稣的遗体不见了,回来说天使曾向她们显现并告诉她们耶稣已经复活了。

24 “后来我们有几个人亲自去坟墓察看,果然像她们所说的,耶稣的遗体不见了。”

25 耶稣对他们说:“无知的人啊!为什么迟迟不肯相信先知的话呢? 26 基督岂不是要先这样受害,然后进入祂的荣耀吗?”

27 耶稣接着从摩西和众先知的记载开始,把有关自己的经文都向他们讲解明白。

28 快到以马忤斯村时,耶稣好像还要继续前行。 29 他们极力挽留祂,说:“天快黑了,时候不早了,跟我们一同住宿吧。”耶稣就和他们一起进村住下。

30 吃饭的时候,耶稣拿起饼来,祝谢后,掰开递给他们。 31 忽然他们眼睛明亮了,认出是耶稣。耶稣很快从他们眼前消失了。

32 二人彼此议论说:“一路上祂和我们说话、为我们解释圣经的时候,我们心里不是很火热吗?” 33 二人马上赶回耶路撒冷,看到十一位使徒及其同伴正聚在一起谈论: 34 “主真的复活了,祂向西门显现了。”

35 二人也把路上发生的事以及掰饼时认出主的经过述说了一遍。

36 正说的时候,耶稣出现在他们中间,说:“愿你们平安!” 37 他们又惊又怕,以为是看见了鬼魂。

38 耶稣说:“你们为什么忧心忡忡?为什么心存疑惑呢? 39 你们看我的手和脚,就知道真的是我。来摸摸看,鬼魂没有骨和肉,你们看!我有。” 40 说完,便伸出手和脚给他们看。

41 门徒又惊又喜,半信半疑。耶稣问:“你们这里有吃的吗?” 42 他们便给祂一片烤鱼, 43 祂接过鱼来在他们面前吃了。

44 耶稣对他们说:“我跟你们在一起的时候曾经说过,摩西的律法书、先知的书以及诗篇里有关我的记载都要应验。” 45 于是,耶稣开启了他们的心窍,使他们明白这些经文, 46 又对他们说:“圣经上说,基督必受害,然后在第三天从死里复活, 47 人们要奉祂的名传扬悔改、赦罪的福音,从耶路撒冷一直传遍万国。

48 “你们是这些事的见证人, 49 我要把我父所应许的赐给你们。不过,你们要留在城里,直到你们得到天上来的能力。”

耶稣升天

50 耶稣带着门徒来到伯大尼附近,举起双手为他们祝福。 51 正祝福的时候,祂就离开了他们,被接到天上去了。 52 门徒都敬拜祂,然后欢欢喜喜地回到耶路撒冷。 53 他们常在圣殿里赞美上帝。

VIII. The Resurrection Narrative[a]

Chapter 24

The Resurrection of Jesus. (A)But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.(B) They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead?(C) He is not here, but he has been raised.[b] Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.”(D) And they remembered his words.(E) [c](F)Then they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others. 10 The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles,(G) 11 but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them. 12 [d](H)But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.

The Appearance on the Road to Emmaus.[e] 13 Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles[f] from Jerusalem called Emmaus,(I) 14 and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. 15 And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, 16 [g](J)but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” 19 And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,(K) 20 how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. 21 (L)But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. 22 (M)Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning 23 and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. 24 (N)Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” 25 (O)And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer[h] these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.(P) 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. 29 But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. 31 With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. 32 Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” 33 So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them 34 who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”(Q) 35 Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

The Appearance to the Disciples in Jerusalem. 36 [i]While they were still speaking about this,(R) he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”(S) 37 But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.(T) 38 Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? 39 [j]Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” 40 (U)And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of baked fish;(V) 43 he took it and ate it in front of them.

44 He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”(W) 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.(X) 46 [k]And he said to them,(Y) “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day 47 and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(Z) 48 You are witnesses of these things.(AA) 49 And [behold] I am sending the promise of my Father[l] upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”(AB)

The Ascension.[m] 50 (AC)Then he led them [out] as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. 51 As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. 52 They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,(AD) 53 and they were continually in the temple praising God.[n]

Footnotes

  1. 24:1–53 The resurrection narrative in Luke consists of five sections: (1) the women at the empty tomb (Lk 23:56b–24:12); (2) the appearance to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:13–35); (3) the appearance to the disciples in Jerusalem (Lk 24:36–43); (4) Jesus’ final instructions (Lk 24:44–49); (5) the ascension (Lk 24:50–53). In Luke, all the resurrection appearances take place in and around Jerusalem; moreover, they are all recounted as having taken place on Easter Sunday. A consistent theme throughout the narrative is that the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus were accomplished in fulfillment of Old Testament promises and of Jewish hopes (Lk 24:19a, 21, 26–27, 44, 46). In his second volume, Acts, Luke will argue that Christianity is the fulfillment of the hopes of Pharisaic Judaism and its logical development (see Acts 24:10–21).
  2. 24:6 He is not here, but he has been raised: this part of the verse is omitted in important representatives of the Western text tradition, but its presence in other text types and the slight difference in wording from Mt 28:6 and Mk 16:6 argue for its retention.
  3. 24:9 The women in this gospel do not flee from the tomb and tell no one, as in Mk 16:8 but return and tell the disciples about their experience. The initial reaction to the testimony of the women is disbelief (Lk 24:11).
  4. 24:12 This verse is missing from the Western textual tradition but is found in the best and oldest manuscripts of other text types.
  5. 24:13–35 This episode focuses on the interpretation of scripture by the risen Jesus and the recognition of him in the breaking of the bread. The references to the quotations of scripture and explanation of it (Lk 24:25–27), the kerygmatic proclamation (Lk 24:34), and the liturgical gesture (Lk 24:30) suggest that the episode is primarily catechetical and liturgical rather than apologetic.
  6. 24:13 Seven miles: literally, “sixty stades.” A stade was 607 feet. Some manuscripts read “160 stades” or more than eighteen miles. The exact location of Emmaus is disputed.
  7. 24:16 A consistent feature of the resurrection stories is that the risen Jesus was different and initially unrecognizable (Lk 24:37; Mk 16:12; Jn 20:14; 21:4).
  8. 24:26 That the Messiah should suffer…: Luke is the only New Testament writer to speak explicitly of a suffering Messiah (Lk 24:26, 46; Acts 3:18; 17:3; 26:23). The idea of a suffering Messiah is not found in the Old Testament or in other Jewish literature prior to the New Testament period, although the idea is hinted at in Mk 8:31–33. See notes on Mt 26:63 and 26:67–68.
  9. 24:36–43, 44–49 The Gospel of Luke, like each of the other gospels (Mt 28:16–20; Mk 16:14–15; Jn 20:19–23), focuses on an important appearance of Jesus to the Twelve in which they are commissioned for their future ministry. As in Lk 24:6, 12, so in Lk 24:36, 40 there are omissions in the Western text.
  10. 24:39–42 The apologetic purpose of this story is evident in the concern with the physical details and the report that Jesus ate food.
  11. 24:46 See note on Lk 24:26.
  12. 24:49 The promise of my Father: i.e., the gift of the holy Spirit.
  13. 24:50–53 Luke brings his story about the time of Jesus to a close with the report of the ascension. He will also begin the story of the time of the church with a recounting of the ascension. In the gospel, Luke recounts the ascension of Jesus on Easter Sunday night, thereby closely associating it with the resurrection. In Acts 1:3, 9–11; 13:31 he historicizes the ascension by speaking of a forty-day period between the resurrection and the ascension. The Western text omits some phrases in Lk 24:51, 52 perhaps to avoid any chronological conflict with Acts 1 about the time of the ascension.
  14. 24:53 The Gospel of Luke ends as it began (Lk 1:9), in the Jerusalem temple.