Mat 28:1-10, 16-20, Luk 24:1-51, Joh 20:1-2, 11-29 | ESV | STEP | Now after the Sabbath , toward the dawn of the first day of the week , Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb .

1 ^aNow after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and ^bthe other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for ^can angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 ^dHis appearance was like lightning, and ^ehis clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and ^fbecame like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, ^gas he said. Come, see the place where he ^{▼▼Some manuscripts the Lord} lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, ⁱhe is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb ^jwith fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus ^kmet them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and ^ltook hold of his feet and ^mworshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; ⁿgo and tell ^omy brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

Matthew 28:16-20

The Great Commission

16 Now the eleven disciples ^pwent to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they ^qworshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, ^r“All authority ^sin heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 ^tGo therefore and ^umake disciples of ^vall nations, ^wbaptizing them ^xin ^{▼▼Or into} ^zthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them ^aato observe all that ^abI have commanded you. And behold, ^acI am with you always, to ^adthe end of the age.”

Luke 24:1-51

The Resurrection

1 ^aeBut on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ^aftaking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found ^agthe stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^ahtwo ^aimen stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were ^ajfrightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, ^akwhile he was still in Galilee, 7 ^althat the Son of Man ^ammust be delivered into the hands of sinful men and ^anbe crucified and on ^aothe third day rise.” 8 And ^apthey remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they ^aqtold all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was ^arMary Magdalene and ^asJoanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ^atthey did not believe them. 12 But ^auPeter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw ^avthe linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

13 That very day ^awtwo of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles ^{▼▼Greek sixty stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters} from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 ^ayBut their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was ^aza prophet ^bamighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and ^bbhow our chief priests and ^bcrulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was ^bdthe one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now ^bethe third day since these things happened. 22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. ^bfThey were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and ^bgwhen they did not find his body, they came back saying that ^bhthey had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 ^biSome of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 ^bjWas it not necessary that ^bkthe Christ should suffer these things and enter into ^blhis glory?” 27 And ^bmbeginning with ^bnMoses and ^boall the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. ^bpHe acted as if he were going farther, 29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and ^bqthe day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and ^brblessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31 ^bsAnd their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And ^bthe vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, ^bu“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he ^bvopened to us the Scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they ^bwfound the eleven and ^bxthose who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and ^byhas appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and ^bzhow he was known to them in ^cathe breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

36 As they were talking about these things, ^cbJesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37 But they were ^ccstartled and ^cdfrightened and ^cethought they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. ^cfTouch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, ^cghe showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved ^chfor joy and were marveling, ^cihe said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and some honeycomb} 43 and he took it and ate before them.

44 Then he said to them, ^ck“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, ^clthat everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then ^cmhe opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus ^cnit is written, ^cothat the Christ should suffer and on the third day ^cprise from the dead, 47 and that ^cqrepentance for the ^{▼▼Some manuscripts for} forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed ^csin his name ^ctto all nations, ^cubeginning from Jerusalem. 48 ^cvYou are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending ^cwthe promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you ^cxare clothed with ^cypower ^czfrom on high.”

The Ascension

50 And ^dahe led them out as far as ^dbBethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, ^dche parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

John 20:1-2

The Resurrection

1 ^ddNow on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that ^dethe stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, ^dfthe one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and ^dgwe do not know where they have laid him.”

John 20:11-29

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And ^dhshe saw ^ditwo angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, ^dj“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, ^dk“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and ^dlsaw Jesus standing, ^dmbut she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, ^dn“Woman, why are you weeping? ^doWhom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be ^dpthe gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, ^{▼▼Or Hebrew} ^dr“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^dsmy brothers and say to them, ^dt‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ^dumy God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene ^dvwent and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 ^dwOn the evening ^dxof that day, the first day of the week, ^dythe doors being locked where the disciples were ^dzfor fear of the Jews, ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ^eb“Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, ^eche showed them his hands and his side. Then ^edthe disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As ^eethe Father has sent me, ^efeven so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he ^egbreathed on them and said to them, ^eh“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 ^eiIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

24 Now ^ejThomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, ^{▼▼Greek Didymus} was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ^el“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. ^emAlthough the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ^en“Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, ^eo“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, ^ep“My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? ^eqBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”