Resurrection accounts:
(Taken from Matthew 28:1-20; Mark 16:1-20; Luke 24:1-53;
John 20:1-31; John 21:1-25; Acts 1:3-12 and 1 Corinthians 15:4b-7. Added words are in brackets. Only redundant words taken out.)
Now in the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward
the first day of the week, and very early in the morning when it was yet dark,
cometh Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre, bringing the
spices which they had prepared. And certain others with them and Mary the
mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint him. And they said among
themselves, “Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?”
For it was very great.
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel
of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the
door, and sat upon it. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as
dead men. He [Jesus] rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
They [all the women] came unto the sepulchre at the
rising of the sun. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled
away from the sepulchre. And found not the body of the Lord Jesus
Then she [Mary Magdalene] runneth [to tell Peter and
John.]
And they [the other women] entered into the sepulchre,
and they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white
garment. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and
they were affrighted. And it came to
pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in
shining garments. And they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the
earth, and he [the young man in a white garment] saith unto them, “Be not
affrighted:” And the angel answered and said unto the women, “Fear not ye: for
I know that ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified.” They [the angels] said unto them, “Why seek
ye the living among the dead? He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Remember how he spake unto you when he was
yet in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of
sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’” And they
remembered his words. [And the angel
said,] “Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, and go quickly,
and tell his disciples and Peter that he is risen from the dead; and behold, he
goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said unto
you. Lo, I have told you.” And they went out quickly, and fled from the
sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to
any man; for they were afraid.
And [Mary Magdalene] cometh to Simon Peter, and to the
other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, “They have taken away
the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.” Then
arose Peter therefore and went forth, and that other disciple, and ran unto the
sepulchre. So they ran both together:
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came
into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave
large money unto the soldiers, saying, “Say ye, ‘His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.’ And if this come to the governor's ears, we
will persuade him, and secure you.” So
they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly
reported among the Jews until this day.
And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and
appeared unto many.
And the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first
to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes
lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and stooping
down, and went into the sepulchre, wondering in himself at that which was come
to pass, and he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and the napkin,
that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together
in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first
to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the
scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away
again unto their own home and departed.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she
stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white
sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of
Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, “Woman, why weepest thou?” She saith
unto them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they
have laid him.”
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and
saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Now when Jesus was risen he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. Jesus
saith unto her, “Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?”
She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, “Sir,
if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take
him away.”
Jesus saith unto her, “Mary.”
She turned herself, and saith unto him, “Rabboni;” which
is to say, ‘Master.’
Jesus saith unto her, “Touch me not; for I am not yet
ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto
my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”
And they [the other women] departed quickly from the
sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples
word. And as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “All hail.” And they came and held
him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, “Be not afraid:
go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.”
And [the women] returned, and told all these things unto
the eleven, and to all the rest as they mourned and wept. It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary
the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these
things unto the apostles. Mary Magdalene
told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these
things unto her. And they, when they had
heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, their words seemed to them
as idle tales, and they believed them not.
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them
that same day, as they walked, and went into the country. And, behold, [they] went to a village called
Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked
together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that,
while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went
with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he
said unto them, “What manner of communications are these that ye have one to
another, as ye walk, and are sad?”
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering
said unto him, “Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the
things which are come to pass therein these days?”
And he said unto them, “What things?”
And they said unto him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: and
how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death,
and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have
redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these
things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us
astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; and when they found not his
body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said
that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the
sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.”
Then he said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into his glory?” And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself.
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went:
and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him,
saying, “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.”
And he went in to tarry with them.
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took
bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened,
and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to
another, “Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way,
and while he opened to us the scriptures?”
And he was seen of Cephas.
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with
them, saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.” And they
went and told it unto the residue: And they told what things were done in the
way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. neither believed they
them.
Then of the twelve.
Afterward then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,
when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the
Jews, and as they thus spake, Jesus himself appeared unto the eleven as they
sat at meat and stood in the midst of them and saith unto them, “Peace be unto
you.” But they were terrified and
affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, “Why
are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?” and upbraided them
with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which
had seen him after he was risen. “Behold
my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit
hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.”
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet and
his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus
to them again, “Peace be unto you.”
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he
said unto them, “Have ye here any meat?” And they gave him a piece of a broiled
fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said
unto them, “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with
you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses,
and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”
Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures, and said unto them, “Thus it is written, and thus it
behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. As my
Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He
that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall
be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall
they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father
upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power
from on high.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith
unto them, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are
remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, “We
have seen the Lord.” But he said unto them, “Except I shall see in his hands
the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and
thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said, “Peace be unto you.” Then saith he to Thomas, “Reach hither
thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into
my side: and be not faithless, but believing.”
And Thomas answered and said unto him, “My Lord and my
God.”
Jesus saith unto him, “Thomas, because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee.
After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the
disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called
Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two
other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, “I go a fishing.” They say
unto him, “We also go with thee.”
They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and
that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood
on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith
unto them, “Children, have ye any meat?” They answered him, “No.” And he said unto
them, “Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.” They
cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of
fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, “It is the
Lord.”
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt
his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the
sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from
land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon
then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, “Bring of the fish which ye have now
caught.” Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes,
and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not
the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, “Come and dine.” And none of the
disciples durst ask him, ‘Who art thou?’ knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus
then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now
the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was
risen from the dead.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, “Simon,
son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?”
He saith unto him, “Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love
thee.”
He saith unto him, “Feed my lambs.”
He saith to him again the second time, “Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me?”
He saith unto him, “Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love
thee.”
He saith unto him, “Feed my sheep.”
He saith unto him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me?”
Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third
time, ‘Lovest thou me?’ And he said unto him, “Lord, thou knowest all things;
thou knowest that I love thee.”
Jesus saith unto him, “Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst
whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy
hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.”
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had
spoken this, he saith unto him, “Follow me.” Then Peter, turning about, seeth
the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, ‘Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?’ Peter seeing him
saith to Jesus, “Lord, and what shall this man do?”
Jesus saith unto him, “If I will that he tarry till I
come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.” Then went this saying abroad among
the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, ‘He
shall not die;’ but, ‘If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to
thee?’ This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these
things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Then the eleven disciples went into a mountain where
Jesus had appointed them. After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren
at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen
asleep. After that, he was seen of
James; then of all the apostles. To whom also he shewed himself alive after his
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking
of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and when they saw him, they
worshipped him: but some doubted.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, “All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and they
worshipped him. And, being assembled
together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the Father, “which,” saith he, “ye have heard of
me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.” When they therefore were come together, they asked
of him, saying, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to
Israel?”
And he said unto them, “It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.” And he lifted up his hands, and blessed
them.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, and when he
had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was parted from them, [and] he
was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight and [he was] carried
up into heaven. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up
into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went
up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, “Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up
from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.”
Then returned they unto Jerusalem with great joy from the
mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey: and were
continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. And they went forth, and
preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with
signs following. Amen.
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of
his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that
ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
ye might have life through his name. And
there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be
written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the
books that should be written. Amen
