Luke 23:26-24:53

New American Standard Bible 1995

Simon Bears the Cross

^26 (A)When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of ^(B)Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

²⁷ And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were ^[a](C)mourning and lamenting Him. ²⁸ But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘^(D)Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ ³⁰ Then they will begin to ^(E)say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For if they do these things ^[b]when the tree is green, what will happen ^[c]when it is dry?”

^32 (F)Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be put to death with Him.

The Crucifixion

^33 (G)When they came to the place called ^[d]The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. ^34 [e]But Jesus was saying, “^(H)Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” ^(I)And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves. ³⁵ And the people stood by, looking on. And even the ^(J)rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; ^(K)let Him save Himself if this is the ^[f]Christ of God, His Chosen One.” ³⁶ The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, ^(L)offering Him sour wine, ³⁷ and saying, “^(M)If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!” ³⁸ Now there was also an inscription above Him, “^(N)THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

^39 (O)One of the criminals who were hanged there was ^[g]hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the ^[h]Christ? ^(P)Save Yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving ^[i]what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come ^[j]in Your kingdom!” ⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in ^(Q)Paradise.”

^44 (R)It was now about ^[k](S)the sixth hour, and darkness ^[l]fell over the whole land until ^[m]the ninth hour, ^45 [n]because the sun was obscured; and ^(T)the veil of the temple was torn ^[o]in two. ⁴⁶ And Jesus, ^(U)crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^(V)into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last. ^47 (W)Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began ^(X)praising God, saying, “Certainly this man was ^[p]innocent.” ⁴⁸ And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, ^[q](Y)beating their breasts. ^49 (Z)And all His acquaintances and ^(AA)the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

Jesus Is Buried

^50 (AB)And a man named Joseph, who was a ^(AC)member of the Council, a good and righteous man ⁵¹ (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was ^(AD)waiting for the kingdom of God; ⁵² this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. ⁵⁴ It was ^(AE)the ^[r]preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to ^[s]begin. ⁵⁵ Now ^(AF)the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. ⁵⁶ Then they returned and ^(AG)prepared spices and perfumes.

And ^(AH)on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

The Resurrection

24 ^(AI)But 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 ^(AJ)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(AK)two men suddenly ^(AL)stood near them in dazzling clothing; ⁵ and as 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 ^(AM)has ^[t]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(AN)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(AO)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” ⁸ And ^(AP)they remembered His words, ⁹ and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now they were ^(AQ)Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to ^(AR)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[u]to them as nonsense, and they ^(AS)would not believe them. ¹² But Peter got up and ^(AT)ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[v]only; and he went away ^(AU)to his home, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, ^(AV)two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[w]about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But ^(AW)their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ^[x]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 ^(AX)Jesus the Nazarene, who was a ^(AY)prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(AZ)rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(BA)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us amazed us. ^(BB)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find 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 had said; but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(BC)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (BD)Was it not necessary for the ^[y]Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[z]with ^(BE)Moses and ^[aa]with all the ^(BF)prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(BG)He acted as though He were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[ab]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^(BH)blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. ³¹ Then their ^(BI)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[ac]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[ad]Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(BJ)was ^[ae]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(BK)found gathered together the eleven and ^(BL)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(BM)The Lord has really risen and ^(BN)has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[af]their experiences on the road and how ^(BO)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

³⁶ While they were telling these things, ^(BP)He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing ^(BQ)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ^[ag]hearts? ^39 (BR)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^(BS)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 While they still ^[ah](BT)could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, “^(BU)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(BV)ate it before them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(BW)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 ^(BX)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(BY)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(BZ)opened their ^[ai]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(CA)Thus it is written, that the ^[aj]Christ would suffer and ^(CB)rise again from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(CC)repentance ^[ak]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[al]in His name to ^(CD)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(CE)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(CF)I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(CG)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 ^(CH)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ 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 ^[am]praising God.