Matthew 28:1-10
Jesus Has Risen
1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Mark 16:1-8
Jesus Has Risen
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
Luke 24:1-49
Jesus Has Risen
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
On the Road to Emmaus
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate it in their presence.
44 He said to them, “This is what I told 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.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
John 20:1-31
Jesus Has Risen
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
The Purpose of John’s Gospel
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Jesus Has Risen
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
He has Risen...The significance of this statement cannot be written about or said enough...It is the most important statement in the history of mankind...It is what saves us, and give us hope...All four gospels tell us about this Resurrection Story and that Jesus has risen from the dead, after He was buried by Joseph of Arimathea...By knowing where Jesus was buried, many people would have known where His tomb and burial site was after Joseph of Arimathea took Him and buried Him...All the gospels tell us that Jesus rose on the first day of the week...And that there were a number of people who saw Him...The first of those to see Him were women...And this is interesting, because first century women's testimony would not stand up in court...But we know that Mary Magdalene, and another Mary were the first to see Jesus after His death...The women also saw angels in or around His tomb...In each account of the gospel the women get up very early in the morning to go visit His tomb...We are not told how far they are away from Him and His tomb...We are not told at this time if all the Disciples are together or are staying in different houses...And we are not told how far each of them are away from their Master's tomb...St. John tells us that Peter and John (the one who loved the LORD) were together and Mary Magdalene came running to them after she realizes He has risen...Then Peter and John both run to Jesus' tomb, after hearing from Mary...So we know that Jesus' tomb is within running distance of Peter and John and Mary Magdalene...St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke all tell us Mary Magdalene is to tell the Disciples they are to meet the resurrected Jesus in Galilee...And these stories seem consistent and fluid to me...
St. Matthew tells us that on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and another Mary saw Jesus first after His death...There was an earthquake from heaven and an angel rolled away the stone at His tomb...And His tomb is empty...Then Jesus appears to the women and tell them to tell His Disciples to meet Him in Galilee...After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb...There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the LORD came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it...His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow...The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men...The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified...He is not here; He has risen, just as He said...Come and see the place where He lay...Then go quickly and tell His disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee...There you will see Him.’...Now I have told you.”...So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples...Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” He said...They came to Him, clasped his feet and worshiped Him...Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid...Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see Me.”...
St. Mark tells us that on the first day of the week His tomb was empty...And like St. Matthew, Mary Magdalene and another Mary went to the tomb, but also Salome goes with them...When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body...Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”...But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away...As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed...“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified...He has risen!...He is not here...See the place where they laid Him...But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”...Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb...They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid...
St. Luke tells us that on the first day of the week the women took spices for Jesus and went to the tomb...There were several women that went to the tomb...Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles...St. Luke also says that "The LORD has risen and has appeared to Simon."...And the author also writes that Jesus appeared to Cleopas and another apostle on the road to Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem...St. Luke writes on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb...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 wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them...In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?...He is not here; He has risen!...Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”...Then they remembered His words...When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others...It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles...But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense...Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb...Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened...
St. John tells us that on the first day of the week St. John writes that early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance...So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the LORD out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put Him!”...So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb...Both were running, but the other disciple out ran Peter and reached the tomb first...He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in...Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb...He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head...The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen...Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed...(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)...Then the disciples went back to where they were staying...
St. Paul would write to the Corinthians that Jesus did appear first to Peter...St. Paul is not including the women in his writings...This matches with what St. Luke said when he writes independently (of the other authors) that Jesus had appeared to Simon...
Jesus after His death, and on the third day, was seen by Mary Magdalene, Mary, Peter, Cleopas, and his friend...Then He appeared to all His Disciples, both St. Luke and St. John write about this...And St. Paul later says Jesus appears to more people, up to five hundred men...To believe in Jesus and that He is divine, one has to believe in the story of His resurrection, and that He appeared to these people...All people will not believe this story...The gospels and St. Paul's writings will be of legend or urban legend to them...They do not believe in the sacred and holy...They do not believe in miracles...They do not believe in angels...I myself believe He has risen, He is Divine and is my LORD and my God, as St. Thomas says...
St. Paul writes us about the Divine Nature of Jesus shortly after His death, and says this, "Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand...By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you...Otherwise, you have believed in vain...For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures."...
I believe there are those things of the Spirit, that are sacred and holy...And I believe angels and miracles...I believe in the Risen Jesus and that we have eternal life in His Name...