and for many days he appeared to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now witnesses for him to the people of Israel.

Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Peace be with you." They came up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

The eleven disciples went to the hill in Galilee where Jesus had told them to go.

She went and told his companions. They were mourning and crying;

After this, Jesus appeared in a different manner to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

Last of all, Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them, because they did not have faith and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.

Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.

so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive?

'The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.' "

returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest.

But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.

On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them;

Jesus said to them, "What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along?" They stood still, with sad faces.

"What things?" he asked. "The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. "This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did.

And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened.

but could not find his body. They came back saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive.

Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!

And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.

but they held him back, saying, "Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark." So he went in to stay with them.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others

The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread.

They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost.

Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have."

They still could not believe, they were so full of joy and wonder; so he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

which he took and ate in their presence.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

And I myself will send upon you what my Father has promised. But you must wait in the city until the power from above comes down upon you."

As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven.

and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.

Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance.

Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.

He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in.

and the cloth which had been around Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up by itself.

(They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)

Mary stood crying outside the tomb. While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tomb

"Woman, why are you crying?" they asked her. She answered, "They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!"

"Woman, why are you crying?" Jesus asked her. "Who is it that you are looking for?" She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, "If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him."

"Do not hold on to me," Jesus told her, "because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."

It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. "Peace be with you," he said.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you."

that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles.

Then he appeared to James, and afterward to all the apostles.

We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it.

I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets on which was written the covenant that the LORD had made with you. I stayed there forty days and nights and did not eat or drink anything.

Then once again I lay face downward in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights and did not eat or drink anything. I did this because you had sinned against the LORD and had made him angry.

Elijah got up, ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to walk forty days to Sinai, the holy mountain.

After spending forty days and nights without food, Jesus was hungry.

He preached about the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking with all boldness and freedom.

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

You saw how a stone broke loose from a cliff without anyone touching it and how it struck the statue made of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God is telling Your Majesty what will happen in the future. I have told you exactly what you dreamed, and have given you its true meaning."

"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"

"And so I tell you," added Jesus, "the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits."

Some Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. His answer was, "The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to be seen.

No one will say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!'; because the Kingdom of God is within you."

Then he said to them, "These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true."

and said to them, "This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later,

You are witnesses of these things.

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.