2. Then the angel said to the
women in reply, "Do not be
afraid! I know that you are
seeking Jesus the crucified.
He is not here, for he has
been raised just as he said.
Come and see the place
where he lay. Then go quickly
and tell his disciples, 'He has
been raised from the dead,
and he is going before you to
Galilee; there you will see
him.' Behold, I have told
you."
3. 1. Appearance to Mary Magdalene when she returned after a preliminary
visit of the women to the tomb
2. Appearance to the women who had been to the tomb and were bearers
of the message of the angels
3. Appearance to Peter on the afternoon of the resurrection day
4. Appearance to the disciples on the road to Emmaus
5. Appearance to the ten disciples on the evening of the resurrection day,
Thomas being absent
6. Appearance a week later to the eleven, Thomas being present
7. Appearance to seven of the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee
8. Appearance on a mountain in Galilee
9. Appearance to about five hundred as well as the apostles
10. Appearance to James, the cousin of Jesus
11. Appearance on the day of ascension from the Mount of Olives
4.
5. Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in
Hebrew, "Rabbouni," which means Teacher. Jesus said to
her, "Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended
to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am
going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.'"
6. Then they went away quickly from the tomb, fearful
yet overjoyed, and ran to announce this to his
disciples. And behold, Jesus met them on their way
and greeted them. They approached, embraced his
feet, and did him homage.
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go tell my
brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
7. We aren’t sure what was said, but Peter told us, in his
letter to the Corinthians, For I handed on to you as of
first importance what I also received: that Christ died
for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; that he
was buried; that he was raised on the third day in
accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared to
Cephas (Peter), then to the Twelve.
8. Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the
Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his
glory? Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the
scriptures.
9. Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace
be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his
hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father
has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he
breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you
retain are retained."
When he heard about the appearance, the apostle Thomas,
who wasn’t there, said he wouldn’t believe until he touched
the nail holes himself…”
10.
11. Now a week later his disciples were again inside and
Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors
were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be
with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here
and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into
my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe."
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my
God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe
because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have
not seen and have believed."
12. Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel and 4 other apostles were fishing, but
catching nothing then they saw a man standing on the shore, it was
Jesus, but they did not recognize him. Jesus said to them,
"Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They answered him,
"No." So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the
boat and you will find something." So they cast it, and were not
able to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple
whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord.’
When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish
on it and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just
caught." So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full
of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so
many, the net was not torn.
13. Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." And none of the
disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they realized it
was the Lord. They ate. When they had finished breakfast, Jesus
said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than
these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He
said to him, "Feed my lambs." He then said to him a second time,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord,
you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." He
said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you
love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you
know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep. Amen,
amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress
yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will
stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead
you where you do not want to go." "Follow me."
14. Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus
loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during
the supper and had said, "Master, who is the one who will
betray you?" When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord,
what about him?" Jesus said to him, "What if I want him to
remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You
follow me." So the word spread among the brothers that
that disciple would not die. But Jesus had not told him that
he would not die, just "What if I want him to remain until I
come? (What concern is it of yours?)" It is this disciple who
testifies to these things and has written them, and we know
that his testimony is true. There are also many other things
that Jesus did, but if these were to be described
individually, I do not think the whole world would contain
the books that would be written.
15. “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go,
therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am
with you always, until the end of the age."He said to them, "Go into
the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not
believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who
believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak
new languages.
They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any
deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the
sick, and they will recover." But they went forth and preached
everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the
word through accompanying signs.
16. We don’t know what exactly what was said, but Paul, in
his letter to the Corinthians, tells us that There is no
record of what Jesus said, just that he met with them.
17. In Corinthians, Peter tells us that Jesus appeared to
James and made a meal for him. He does not tell us
what was said.
18. 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 and in the prophets and psalms must be
fulfilled." Then he opened their minds to understand the
scriptures. "Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance,
for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached 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 stay in the city until
you are clothed with power from on high.“(foreshadows
Pentecost)
19. 40 days after Easter, Jesus rose back into Heaven…
