1 No primeiro dia da semana, de manhã bem cedo, as mulheres tomaram as especiarias aromáticas que haviam preparado e foram ao sepulcro.
2 Encontraram removida a pedra do sepulcro,
3 mas, quando entraram, não encontraram o corpo do Senhor Jesus.
4 Ficaram perplexas, sem saber o que fazer. De repente dois homens com roupas que brilhavam como a luz do sol colocaram-se ao lado delas.
5 Amedrontadas, as mulheres baixaram o rosto para o chão, e os homens lhes disseram: "Por que vocês estão procurando entre os mortos aquele que vive?
6 Ele não está aqui! Ressuscitou! Lembrem-se do que ele lhes disse, quando ainda estava com vocês na Galiléia:
7 ‘É necessário que o Filho do homem seja entregue nas mãos de homens pecadores, seja crucificado e ressuscite no terceiro dia’ ".
8 Então se lembraram das suas palavras.
9 Quando voltaram do sepulcro, elas contaram todas estas coisas aos Onze e a todos os outros.
10 As que contaram estas coisas aos apóstolos foram Maria Madalena, Joana e Maria, mãe de Tiago, e as outras que estavam com elas.
11 Mas eles não acreditaram nas mulheres; as palavras delas lhes pareciam loucura.
12 Pedro, todavia, levantou-se e correu ao sepulcro. Abaixando-se, viu as faixas de linho e mais nada; afastou-se, e voltou admirado com o que acontecera.
13 Naquele mesmo dia, dois deles estavam indo para um povoado chamado Emaús, a onze quilômetros de Jerusalém.
14 No caminho, conversavam a respeito de tudo o que havia acontecido.
15 Enquanto conversavam e discutiam, o próprio Jesus se aproximou e começou a caminhar com eles;
16 mas os olhos deles foram impedidos de reconhecê-lo.
17 Ele lhes perguntou: "Sobre o que vocês estão discutindo enquanto caminham? " Eles pararam, com os rostos entristecidos.
18 Um deles, chamado Cleopas, perguntou-lhe: "Você é o único visitante em Jerusalém que não sabe das coisas que ali aconteceram nestes dias? "
19 "Que coisas? ", perguntou ele. "O que aconteceu com Jesus de Nazaré", responderam eles. "Ele era um profeta, poderoso em palavras e em obras diante de Deus e de todo o povo.
20 Os chefes dos sacerdotes e as nossas autoridades o entregaram para ser condenado à morte, e o crucificaram;
21 e nós esperávamos que era ele que ia trazer a redenção a Israel. E hoje é o terceiro dia desde que tudo isso aconteceu.
22 Algumas das mulheres entre nós nos deram um susto hoje. Foram de manhã bem cedo ao sepulcro
23 e não acharam o corpo dele. Voltaram e nos contaram que tinham tido uma visão de anjos, que disseram que ele está vivo.
24 Alguns dos nossos companheiros foram ao sepulcro e encontraram tudo exatamente como as mulheres tinham dito, mas não o viram".
25 Ele lhes disse: "Como vocês custam a entender e como demoram a crer em tudo o que os profetas falaram!
26 Não devia o Cristo sofrer estas coisas, para entrar na sua glória? "
27 E começando por Moisés e todos os profetas, explicou-lhes o que constava a respeito dele em todas as Escrituras.
28 Ao se aproximarem do povoado para o qual estavam indo, Jesus fez como quem ia mais adiante.
29 Mas eles insistiram muito com ele: "Fique conosco, pois a noite já vem; o dia já está quase findando". Então, ele entrou para ficar com eles.
30 Quando estava à mesa com eles, tomou o pão, deu graças, partiu-o e o deu a eles.
31 Então os olhos deles foram abertos e o reconheceram, e ele desapareceu da vista deles.
32 Perguntaram-se um ao outro: "Não estavam ardendo os nossos corações dentro de nós, enquanto ele nos falava no caminho e nos expunha as Escrituras? "
33 Levantaram-se e voltaram imediatamente para Jesuralém. Ali encontraram os Onze e os que estavam com eles reunidos,
34 que diziam: "É verdade! O Senhor ressuscitou e apareceu a Simão! "
35 Então os dois contaram o que tinha acontecido no caminho, e como Jesus fora reconhecido por eles quando partia o pão.
36 Enquanto falavam sobre isso, o próprio Jesus apresentou-se entre eles e lhes disse: "Paz seja com vocês! "
37 Eles ficaram assustados e com medo, pensando que estavam vendo um espírito.
38 Ele lhes disse: "Por que vocês estão perturbados e por que se levantam dúvidas em seus corações?
39 Vejam as minhas mãos e os meus pés. Sou eu mesmo! Toquem-me e vejam; um espírito não tem carne nem ossos, como vocês estão vendo que eu tenho".
40 Tendo dito isso, mostrou-lhes as mãos e os pés.
41 E por não crerem ainda, tão cheios estavam de alegria e de espanto, ele lhes perguntou: "Vocês têm aqui algo para comer? "
42 Deram-lhe um pedaço de peixe assado,
43 e ele o comeu na presença deles.
44 E disse-lhes: "Foi isso que eu lhes falei enquanto ainda estava com vocês: Era necessário que se cumprisse tudo o que a meu respeito estava escrito na Lei de Moisés, nos Profetas e nos Salmos".
45 Então lhes abriu o entendimento, para que pudessem compreender as Escrituras.
46 E lhes disse: "Está escrito que o Cristo haveria de sofrer e ressuscitar dos mortos no terceiro dia,
47 e que em seu nome seria pregado o arrependimento para perdão de pecados a todas as nações, começando por Jerusalém.
48 Vocês são testemunhas destas coisas.
49 Eu lhes envio a promessa de meu Pai; mas fiquem na cidade até serem revestidos do poder do alto".
50 Tendo-os levado até as proximidades de Betânia, Jesus levantou as mãos e os abençoou.
51 Estando ainda a abençoá-los, ele os deixou e foi elevado ao céu.
52 Então eles o adoraram e voltaram para Jerusalém com grande alegria.
53 E permaneciam constantemente no templo, louvando a Deus.
1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others came with them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
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 about this, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the ground, they said unto them, Why seek you the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke 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 sepulcher, 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, who 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 sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which had 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 discussed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16 But their eyes were held that they should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What manner of words are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and are sad?
18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Are you a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who 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 hoped that it was he who should have redeemed Israel: and besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, who were early at the sepulcher;
23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
24 And certain of them who were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O foolish ones, 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 near unto the village, where they were going: 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 to eat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, 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 hearts 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 has appeared to Simon.
35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known to them in the breaking of bread.
36 And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said unto them, Peace be unto you.
37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
38 And he said unto them, Why are you 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 has not flesh and bones, as you 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 you here any food?
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and a honeycomb.
43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spoke 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 was fit for 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 you are witnesses of these things.
49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you are 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 worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.