The Resurrection
1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
2And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling clothing.
5And as they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6He is not here, but has been raised. Remember how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee,
7saying that the Son of Man must be handed over into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise.”
8Then they remembered his words,
9and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.
11But these words seemed to them like nonsense, and they did not trust them.
12But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.
The Road to Emmaus
13Now on that same day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
14and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.
15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself drew near and went with them,
16but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
17And he said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad.
18Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19He said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.
21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place.
22Moreover, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
23and when they did not find his body there, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who said that he is alive.
24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see.”
25Then he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to trust all that the prophets have spoken!
26Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”
27And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
28As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.
29But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them.
31Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.
32They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”
33That same hour they rose and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and those with them gathered together,
34saying, “The Lord has been raised indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”
35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
36While they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace to you.”
37But they were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a spirit.
38And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41Yet for all their joy they still did not trust, and they were wondering; so he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
42They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
43and he took it and ate in their presence.
44Then 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, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
45Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
46and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,
47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48You are witnesses of these things.
49And look—I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension of Jesus
50Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
51While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.
52And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53and they were continually in the temple blessing God.
