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Jesus Is Risen!

^1 (C1)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 ^(C1)the Lord Jesus.⁴ And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C1)two men suddenly ^(C2)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 ^(C1)has ^(F1)risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(C2)while He was still in Galilee,⁷ saying that ^(C1)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."⁸ And ^(C1)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 ^(C1)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 ^(C2)the apostles.¹¹ But these words appeared ^(F1)to them as nonsense, and they ^(C1)were not believing them.¹² But Peter stood up and ^(C1)ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he ^(*)saw the linen wrappings ^(F1)only. And he went away ^(C2)by himself, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, ^(C1)two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^(F1)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 ^(C1)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 ^(F1)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 ^(C1)Jesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty ^(C2)prophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(C1)rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.²¹ "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(C1)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.²² "But also some women among us astounded us. ^(C1)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 ^(C1)the prophets have spoken!²⁶ "^(C1)Was it not necessary for the ^(F1)Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"²⁷ Then beginning ^(F1)with ^(C1)Moses and ^(F1)with all the ^(C2)prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(C1)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 ^(F1)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 ^(C1)blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them.³¹ Then their ^(C1)eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from ^(F1)their sight.³² And they said to one another, "^(F1)Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(C1)was opening the Scriptures to us?"³³ And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(C1)found gathered together the eleven and ^(C2)those with them,³⁴ who were saying, "^(C1)The Lord has really risen and ^(C2)has appeared to Simon."³⁵ And they were relating ^(F1)their experiences on the road and how ^(C1)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(C1)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 ^(C1)a spirit.³⁸ And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ^(F1)hearts?³⁹ "^(C1)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^(C2)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 ^(C1)were not believing because of their joy and were still marveling, He said to them, "^(C2)Have you anything here to eat?"⁴² They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish,⁴³ and He took it and ^(C1)ate it before them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, "^(C1)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 ^(C2)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(C3)the Psalms must be fulfilled."⁴⁵ Then He ^(C1)opened their ^(F1)minds to understand the Scriptures,⁴⁶ and He said to them, "^(C1)Thus it is written, that the ^(F1)Christ would suffer and ^(C2)rise again from the dead the third day,⁴⁷ and that ^(C1)repentance ^(F1)for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^(F2)in His name to ^(C2)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.⁴⁸ "You are ^(C1)witnesses of these things.⁴⁹ "And behold, ^(C1)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but ^(C2)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 ^(C1)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.