Chronological Plan

¹On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

³They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

⁴While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.

⁵So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground. “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.

⁶“He is not here, but he has risen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,

⁷saying, ‘It is necessary that the Son of Man be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’?”

⁸And they remembered his words.

⁹Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

¹⁰Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

¹¹But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went away, amazed at what had happened.

¹³Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

¹⁴Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.

¹⁵And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus himself came near and began to walk along with them.

¹⁶But they were prevented from recognizing him.

¹⁷Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

¹⁸The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”

¹⁹“What things?” he asked them. So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

²⁰and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.

²¹But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

²²Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,

²³and when they didn’t find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.

²⁴Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”

²⁵He said to them, “How foolish and slow you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

²⁶Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

²⁷Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸They came near the village where they were going, and he gave the impression that he was going farther.

²⁹But they urged him, “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

³⁰It was as he reclined at the table with them that he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

³¹Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

³²They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

³³That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

³⁴who said, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”

³⁵Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

³⁶As they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace to you!”

³⁷But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.

³⁸“Why are you troubled?” he asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts?

³⁹Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

⁴⁰Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

⁴¹But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

⁴²So they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,

⁴³and he took it and ate in their presence.

⁴⁴He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

⁴⁶He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

⁴⁷and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things.

⁴⁹And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

⁵⁰Then he led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

⁵¹And while he was blessing them, he left them and was carried up into heaven.

⁵²After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

⁵³And they were continually in the temple praising God.

¹On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

²So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve put him!”

³At that, Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb.

⁴The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

⁵Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

⁶Then, following him, Simon Peter also came. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

⁷The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.

⁸The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then also went in, saw, and believed.

⁹For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

¹⁰Then the disciples returned to the place where they were staying.

¹¹But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.

¹²She saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’s body had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.

¹³They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”

¹⁴Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus.

¹⁵“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking?” Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary.” Turning around, she said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”  — which means “Teacher.”

¹⁷“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

¹⁸Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what he had said to her.

¹⁹When it was evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

²⁰Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

²²After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

²⁴But Thomas (called “Twin” ), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

²⁷Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”

²⁸Thomas responded to him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

³⁰Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

³¹But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

¹After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way:

²Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin” ), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples were together.

³“I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them. “We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

⁴When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus.

⁵“Friends,” Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you?” “No,” they answered.

⁶“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

⁷The disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer clothing around him (for he had taken it off) and plunged into the sea.

⁸Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

¹⁰“Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus told them.

¹¹So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish — 153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

¹²“Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord.

¹³Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.

¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

¹⁵When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” “Feed my lambs,” he told him.

¹⁶A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” “Shepherd my sheep,” he told him.

¹⁷He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” “Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.

¹⁸“Truly I tell you, when you were younger, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

¹⁹He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. After saying this, he told him, “Follow me.”

²⁰So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray you?”

²¹When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”

²²“If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

²³So this rumor spread to the brothers and sisters that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

²⁵And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.