The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ

John 20:1-21
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,

when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre,

and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

2 Then she runneth, and 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.

3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together:

and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.5 And he
stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying;

yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him,

and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes,

but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre,

and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping:

and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

12 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.

13 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.

14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back,

and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

15 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.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary.

She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 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.

18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord,

and that he had spoken these things unto her.

19 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,

came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side.

Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus to them again,

Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Luke 24:1-53
1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,

they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared,

and certain others with them.

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout,

behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth,

they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen:

remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men,

and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

9 And returned from the sepulchre,

and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

10 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.

11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales,

and they believed them not.

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre;

and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves,

and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus,

which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned,

Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

17 And he said unto them,

What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another,

as ye walk, and are sad?

18 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 there in these days?

19 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:

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death,

and have crucified him.

21 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.

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished,

which were early at the sepulchre;

23 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.

24 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.

25 Then he said unto them,

O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things,

and to enter into his glory?

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets,

he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went:

and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 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.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,

he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him;

and he vanished out of their sight.

32 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?

33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem,

and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

35 And they told what things were done in the way,

and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them,

and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

37 But they were terrified and affrighted,

and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?

and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

39 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.

40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet.

41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered,

he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

44 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.

45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer,

and to rise from the dead the third day:

47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name

among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

48 And ye are witnesses of these things.

49 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.

50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany,

and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them,

he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

John 2:18-22
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him,

What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

19 Jesus answered and said unto them,

Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,

and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

22 When therefore he was risen from the dead,

his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them;

and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

Acts 1:1-11
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus,

of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 Until the day in which he was taken up,

after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments

unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

3 To whom also he showed 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:

4 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.

5 For John truly baptized with water;

but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,

Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

7 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.

8 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.

9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,

he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,

behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 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.

1 Cor 15:3-9
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,

how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried,

and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6 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.

7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle,

because I persecuted the church of God.

Acts 2:14, 22-28

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven,

lifted up his voice, and said unto them,

Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,

be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

22 Ye men of Israel hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you

by miracles and wonders and signs,

which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,

ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:

because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

25 For David speaketh concerning him,

I foresaw the Lord always before my face,

for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;

moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,

neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;

thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

Agape,
Craig & Zelma