| 24 | Luke | ||
| 1 | But on the Sunday morning very early they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. | The Resurrection of Jesus Lk.24.1-12 (the garden) -[ Lk.24.1-12 → ] - Mk.28.1-10, Mk.16.1-8, Jn.20.1-10 | |
| 2 | Finding that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, | ||
| 3 | they went inside; but the body was not to be found. | ||
| 4 | While they stood utterly at a loss, all of a sudden two men in dazzling garments were at their side. | ||
| 5 | They were terrified, and stood with eyes cast down, but the men said, 'Why search among the dead for one who lives? | ||
| 6 | Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee, about the Son of Man: | ||
| 7 | how he must be given up into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and must rise again on the third day.' | ||
| 8 | Then they recalled his words | ||
| 9 | and, returning from the tomb, they reported all this to the Eleven and all the others. | ||
| 10 | The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and they, with the other women, told the apostles. | ||
| 11 | But the story appeared to them to be nonsense, and they would not believe them." | ||
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| 13 | THAT SAME DAY two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which lay about seven miles from Jerusalem, | The Walk to Emmaus Lk.24.13-35 (Emmaus) -[ Lk.24.13-35 → ] - Mk.16.12-13 | |
| 14 | and they were talking together about all these happenings. | ||
| 15 | As they talked and discussed it with one another, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; | ||
| 16 | but something kept them from seeing who it was. | ||
| 17 | He asked them, 'What is it you are debating as you walk?' They halted, their faces full of gloom, | ||
| 18 | and one, called Cleopas, answered, 'Are you the only person staying in Jerusalem not to know what has happened there in the last few days?' | ||
| 19 | 'What do you mean?' he said. 'All this about Jesus of Nazareth,' they replied, 'a prophet powerful in speech and action before God and the whole people; | ||
| 20 | how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified him. | ||
| 21 | But we had been hoping that he was the man to liberate Israel. What is more, this is the third day since it happened, | ||
| 22 | and now some women of our company have astounded us: they went early to the tomb, | ||
| 23 | but failed to find his body, and returned with a story that they had seen a vision of angels who told them he was alive. | ||
| 24 | So some of our people went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said; but him they did not see.' | ||
| 25 | 'How dull you are!' he answered. 'How slow to believe all that the prophets said! | ||
| 26 | Was the Messiah not bound to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?' | ||
| 27 | Then he began with Moses and all the prophets, and explained to them the passages which referred to himself in every part of the scriptures. | ||
| 28 | By this time they had reached the village to which they were going, and he made as if to continue his journey, | ||
| 29 | but they pressed him: 'Stay with us, for evening draws on, and the day is almost over.' So he went in to stay with them. | ||
| 30 | And when he had sat down with them at table, he took bread and said the blessing; he broke the bread, and offered it to them. | ||
| 31 | Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. | ||
| 32 | They said to one another, 'Did we not feel our hearts on fire as he talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?' | ||
| 33 | Without a moment's delay they set out and returned to Jerusalem. There they found that the Eleven and the rest of the company had assembled, | ||
| 34 | and were saying, 'It is true: the Lord has risen; he has appeared to Simon.' | ||
| 35 | Then they gave their account of the events of their journey and told how he had been recognized by them at the breaking of the bread. | ||
| 36 | As they were talking about all this, there he was, standing among them. | The Appearance to the Disciples Lk.24.36-49 (Jerusalem) -[ Lk.24.36-49 → ] - Mt.28.16-20, Mk.16.14-18, Jn.20.19-23, Ac.1.6-8 | |
| 37 | Startled and terrified, they thought they were seeing a ghost. | ||
| 38 | But he said, 'Why are you so perturbed? Why do questionings arise in your minds? | ||
| 39 | Look at my hands and feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see; no ghost has flesh and bones as you can see that I have.'" | ||
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| 41 | They were still unconvinced, still wondering, for it seemed too good to be true. So he asked them, 'Have you anything here to eat?' | ||
| 42 | They offered him a piece of fish they had cooked, | ||
| 43 | which he took and ate before their eyes. | ||
| 44 | And he said to them, 'This is what I meant by saying, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms was bound to be fulfilled.' | ||
| 45 | Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. | ||
| 46 | 'This', he said, 'is what is written: that the Messiah is to suffer death and to rise from the dead on the third day, | ||
| 47 | and that in his name repentance bringing the forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to all nations. Begin from Jerusalem: | ||
| 48 | it is you who are the witnesses to all this. | ||
| 49 | And mark this: I am sending upon you my Father's promised gift; so stay here in this city until you are armed with the power from above.' | ||
| 50 | Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and blessed them with uplifted hands; | The Ascension of Jesus Lk.24.50-53 (Bethany) - - Ac.1.6-11, Mk.16.19-20 | |
| 51 | and in the act of blessing he parted from them. | ||
| 52 | And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, | ||
| 53 | and spent all their time in the temple praising God. | ||
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