RESURRECTION SUNDAY (PASSION WEEK)
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Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb.
And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men.
And the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.
He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.
And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”
And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.
And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Rejoice!” And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go, bring word to My brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
Now while they were on their way, some of the men from the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.’
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him.
And very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
And looking up, they noticed that the stone had been rolled away; for it was extremely large.
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they were amazed.
But he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; see, here is the place where they laid Him.
But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’ ”
And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping.
And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.
Now after that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country.
And they went away and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them, either.
Later He appeared to the eleven disciples themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reprimanded them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen from the dead.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in gleaming clothing;
and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you seeking the living One among the dead?
He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,
saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise from the dead.”
And they remembered His words,
and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
Now these women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe the women.
Nevertheless, Peter got up and ran to the tomb; and when he stooped and looked in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
And behold, on that very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.
While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they came to a stop, looking sad.
One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You possibly the only one living near Jerusalem who does not know about the things that happened here in these days?”
And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,
and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.
But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
But also some women among us left us bewildered. When they were at the tomb early in the morning,
and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.
And so 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.”
And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?”
Then beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.
And they approached the village where they were going, and He gave the impression that He was going farther.
And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.
And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them.
And then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
They said to one another, “Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”
And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them,
saying, “The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon!”
They began to relate their experiences on the road, and how He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.
Now while they were telling these things, Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at a spirit.
And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you plainly see that I have.”
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.
While they still could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
They served Him a piece of broiled fish;
and He took it and ate it in front of them.
Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
and He said to them, “So it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.
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.”
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already removed from the tomb.
So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him.”
So Peter and the other disciple left, and they were going to the tomb.
The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first;
and he stooped to look in, and saw the linen wrappings lying there; however he did not go in.
So Simon Peter also came, following him, and he entered the tomb; and he looked at the linen wrappings lying there,
and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings but folded up in a place by itself.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead.
So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
But Mary was standing outside the tomb, weeping; so as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb;
and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and yet she did not know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Thinking that He was the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will take Him away.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).
Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’ ”
Mary Magdalene came and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.
Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were together due to fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”