## Jesus Is Risen! 

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Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 

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And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 

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but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 

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And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing, 

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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? 

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He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, 

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saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again." 

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And they remembered His words, 

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and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 

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Now 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 the apostles. 

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But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they were not believing them. 

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But Peter stood up and ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he *saw the linen wrappings only. And he went away by himself, marveling at what had happened. 

## The Road to Emmaus 

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And behold, two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. 

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And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had happened. 

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And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus Himself approached and was going with them. 

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But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. 

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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. 

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And one _of them_, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?" 

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And He said to them, **"What things?"** And they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty prophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, 

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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. 

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But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. 

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But also some women among us astounded us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, 

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and not finding His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. 

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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." 

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And He said to them, **"O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!** 

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Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" 

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Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. 

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And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. 

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But they urged Him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them. 

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And it happened that when He had reclined _at the table_ with them, He took the bread and blessed _it_, and after breaking _it_, He was giving _it_ to them. 

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Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight. 

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And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was opening the Scriptures to us?" 

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And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those with them, 

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who were saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon." 

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And they were relating their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread. 

## Jesus Appears to His Disciples 

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Now while they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, **"Peace to you."** 

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But being startled and frightened, they were thinking that they were seeing a spirit. 

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And He said to them, **"Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?** 

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See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." 

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And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 

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And while they still were not believing because of their joy and were _still_ marveling, He said to them, **"Have you anything here to eat?"** 

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They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, 

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and He took it and ate _it_ before them. 

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Now He said to them, **"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 Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."** 

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Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 

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and He said to them, **"Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,** 

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and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 

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You are witnesses of these things. 

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And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." 

## The Ascension 

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And He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. 

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And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 

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And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 

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and were continually in the temple blessing God.