Luke 24 · Clearspring

The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1–10; Mark 16:1–8; John 20:1–9

¹On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.+ ²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,+ ³but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.+ ⁴While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.+ ⁵As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?+ ⁶He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:+ ⁷‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”+ ⁸Then they remembered His words.+ ⁹And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.+ ¹⁰It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.+ ¹¹But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.+ ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.+

The Road to Emmaus

Mark 16:12–13

¹³That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.+ ¹⁴They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.+ ¹⁵And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.+ ¹⁶But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.+ ¹⁷He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.+ ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “ Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”+ ¹⁹“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “ This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.+ ²⁰Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.+ ²¹But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.+ ²²Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,+ ²³but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.+ ²⁴Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”+ ²⁵Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!+ ²⁶Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”+ ²⁷And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.+ ²⁸As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.+ ²⁹But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.+ ³⁰While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.+ ³¹Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus — and He disappeared from their sight.+ ³²They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”+ ³³And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together+ ³⁴and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”+ ³⁵Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.+

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

John 20:19–23; 1 John 1:1–4

³⁶While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”+ ³⁷But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.+ ³⁸“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?+ ³⁹Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see — for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”+ ⁴⁰And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.+ ⁴¹While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”+ ⁴²So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,+ ⁴³and He took it and ate it in front of them.+ ⁴⁴Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”+ ⁴⁵Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.+ ⁴⁶And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,+ ⁴⁷and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.+ ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things.+ ⁴⁹And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”+

The Ascension

Mark 16:19–20; Acts 1:6–11

⁵⁰When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.+ ⁵¹While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.+ ⁵²And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,+ ⁵³praising God continually in the temple.+

The Resurrection

The Road to Emmaus

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

The Ascension

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