44 And it came to pass about the sixth hour of the day, and darkness fell over all the earth until the ninth hour: 45 and the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle.  46 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and said, "Father, forgive them! into Thy hands I commend My spirit. And having said this, he gave up his spirit.  47 And the centurion, when he saw what was happening, glorified God, and said, Truly this man was a righteous man.  48 And all the people who had come together to this spectacle, seeing what was happening, returned, beating their breasts.  49 And all those who knew him, and the women who followed him out of Galilee, stood afar off and looked at it.

     50 Then there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council, a good and truthful man, 51 who had no part in the council and in their work; from Arimathea, a city of Judea, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God, 52 came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;  53 And having taken him down, he wrapped him in a shroud, and laid him in a tomb hewn out of the rock, where no man had yet been laid.  54 That day was Friday, and the Sabbath was coming.  55 And the women that had come with Jesus from Galilee also followed, and looked at the tomb, and how his body was laid.  56 And when they returned, they prepared spices and ointments; and on the Sabbath they remained at rest according to the commandment. 

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     1 And it came to pass, on the first day of the week, very early, carrying the spices which had been prepared, that they came to the sepulchre, and with them certain others;  2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.  3 And when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  4 And when they were perplexed about these things, suddenly there stood before them two men in shining garments.  5 And when they were afraid, and bent their faces to the ground, they said to them, 'Why do you seek the living among the dead?'  6 He is not here: He is risen; remember how He told you when He was still in Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.  8 And they remembered his words;  9 And having returned from the tomb, they declared all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.  10 These were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and others with them, who spoke of these things to the apostles.  11 And their words seemed vain to them, and they did not believe them.  12 But Peter arose, and ran to the sepulchre, and stooped down, and saw only the swaddling clothes lying there, and he went back, marveling within himself at what had happened.

     13 And on the same day two of them were going to a village sixty stades from Jerusalem, called Emmaus;  14 And they conversed among themselves concerning all these things.  15 And as they were talking and reasoning among themselves, Jesus himself drew nigh and went with them.  16 But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not recognize him.  17 And he said to them, 'What is this that ye are reasoning among yourselves, as ye go, and why are ye sorrowful?  18 And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said unto him, Are thou one of them that have come to Jerusalem, knowest not the things that have taken place in it in these days?  19 And he said to them, 'Of what?' And they said unto him, What was the matter with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in deed and word before God and all the people?  20 how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to condemn him to death, and crucified him.  21 And we hoped that he was the one who should deliver Israel; but with all this, it is already the third day since it happened.  22 But also some of our women amazed us: they were early at the sepulchre, 23 and did not find his body, and when they came, they said that they had seen also the appearance of angels, who said that he was alive.  24 And some of us went to the sepulchre, and found him, just as the women had spoken, but they did not see him.  25 Then he said to them, 'O foolish and slow in heart, to believe all that the prophets had foretold!  26 Was it not thus necessary for Christ to suffer, and to enter into his glory?  27 And beginning with Moses, of all the prophets, he explained to them the things which were spoken concerning him in all the Scriptures.  28 And they came nigh to the village to which they were going; and He showed them that He wanted to go on.  29 But they restrained him, saying, 'Stay with us, for the day has already turned towards evening.' And He went in and stayed with them.  30 And as he sat at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave it to them.  31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. But He became invisible to them.  32 And they said to one another, 'Did not our hearts burn within us when he spoke to us on the way, and when he explained the scriptures to us?'  33 And they arose at the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found together the eleven apostles and those who were with them, 34 who said that the Lord had truly risen and appeared to Simon.  35 And they told of what had happened on the way, and how he had been recognized by them in the breaking of bread.

    36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and said to them, 'Peace be unto you.'  37 And they were troubled and afraid, and thought they were seeing a spirit.  38 But he said to them, 'Why are you troubled, and why do such thoughts enter into your hearts?'  39 Look at my hands and at my feet; it is I Myself; touch Me and see; for the spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.  40 And when he had said these things, he showed them his hands and his feet.  41 And when they were not yet believing for joy, and were amazed, he said to them, 'Do you have any food here?'  42 And they gave him some of the baked fish and the honeycomb.  43 And he took it, and ate before them.  44 And he said to them, 'This is what I have told you while I was with you, that all that is written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets and psalms, must be fulfilled.'  45 Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures.  46 And he said unto them, 'Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead on the third day,47 and to be preached in his name for repentance and forgiveness of sins in all nations, beginning with Jerusalem.'  48 And ye are witnesses of this.  49 And I will send my Father's promise upon you; but you remain in the city of Jerusalem until you are endowed with power from on high.

     50 And he brought them out of the city as far as Bethany, and lifted up his hands, and blessed them.  51 And while he was blessing them, he began to depart from them, and ascend into heaven.  52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.  53 And they were always in the temple, glorifying and blessing God. Amen.

The Gospel of John

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     E-1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  E-2 It was with God in the beginning.  3 All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.  E-4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not enveloped it.

     6 There was a man sent from God; his name was John.  7 He came for a testimony, to bear witness of the Light, that all might believe through him.  E-8 He was not a light, but was sent to bear witness to the Light.

     E-9 And there was a true Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world.  10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.  11 He came to his own, and his own received him not.  12 And to those who received him, to them that believe in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

     14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we have seen His glory, the glory as the Only Begotten of the Father.  15 John testifies of Him, and crying out, he says, "This was the One of whom I said, that He who came after me stood before me, because he was before me."  16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace, 17 for the law was given through Moses. but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  18 No one has ever seen God; The Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed.

     19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'  20 He declared, and did not deny it, and declared that I was not the Christ.  21 And they asked him, 'What is it?' Are you Elijah? He said, "No." Prophet? He answered: no.  22 And they said unto him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to those who sent us: What wilt thou say of thyself?  23 He said, 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Straighten the way of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet said.'  24 And the messengers were of the Pharisees;  25 And they asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'  26 John answered and said to them, "I baptize in water; but there is one standing among you whom you do not know.  27 He is He who comes after me, but He who stands before me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His shoes.  E-28 It was at Bethabara by the Jordan, where John was baptizing.