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 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body. 4 While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. 5 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth.
The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
8 They remembered his words, 9 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. 11 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
13 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. 14 They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. 15 While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?"
19 He said to them, "What things?"
They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, 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 up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22 Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; 23 and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of us went to the tomb and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him."
25 He said to them, "Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?" 27 Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
29 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over."
He went in to stay with them. 30 When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them. 31 Their eyes were opened and they recognized him; then he vanished out of their sight. 32 They said to one another, "Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?" 33 They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them, 34 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 35 They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
36 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have." 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
42 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43 He took them, and ate in front of them. 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled."
45 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. 46 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the 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 to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.