Darby Bible Translation

New Living Translation

The Resurrection

But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.

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The Resurrection

But very early on Sunday morninga the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

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And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

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They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

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And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

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So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.

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As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.

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And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

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The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?

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He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,

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He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee,

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saying, The Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise the third day.

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that the Son of Manb must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.”

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And they remembered his words;

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Then they remembered that he had said this.

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and, returning from the sepulchre, related all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

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So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples — and everyone else — what had happened.

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Now it was Mary of Magdala, and Johanna, and Mary the [mother] of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles.

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It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened.

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And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.

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But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it.

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But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.

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However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.

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The Road to Emmaus

And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, called Emmaus;

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The Walk to Emmaus

That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven milesc from Jerusalem.

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and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place.

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As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened.

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And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them;

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As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.

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but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.

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But God kept them from recognizing him.

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And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass between you as ye walk, and are downcast?

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He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?”
They stopped short, sadness written across their faces.

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And one [of them], named Cleopas, answering said to him, Thou sojournest alone in Jerusalem, and dost not know what has taken place in it in these days?

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Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn’t heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days.”

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And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

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“What things?” Jesus asked.
“The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth,” they said. “He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.

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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to [the] judgment of death and crucified him.

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But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.

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But *we* had hoped that *he* was [the one] who is about to redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now, to-day, the third day since these things took place.

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We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.

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And withal, certain women from amongst us astonished us, having been very early at the sepulchre,

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“Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report.

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and, not having found his body, came, saying that they also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.

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They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!

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And some of those with us went to the sepulchre, and found it so, as the women also had said, but him they saw not.

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Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.”

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Jesus Explains the Prophecies

And *he* said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

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Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.

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Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?

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Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”

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And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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And they drew near to the village where they were going, and *he* made as though he would go farther.

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By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on,

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And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to stay with them.

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but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So he went home with them.

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And it came to pass as he was at table with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken it, gave it to them.

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As they sat down to eat,d he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.

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And their eyes were opened, and they recognised him. And he disappeared from them.

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Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!

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And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning in us as he spoke to us on the way, [and] as he opened the scriptures to us?

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They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”

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And rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven, and those with them, gathered together,

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And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them,

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saying, The Lord is indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.

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who said, “The Lord has really risen! He appeared to Peter.e”

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And they related what [had happened] on the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread.

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

And as they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst, and says to them, Peace [be] unto you.

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And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.

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But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed they beheld a spirit.

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But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

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And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are thoughts rising in your hearts?

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“Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt?

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behold my hands and my feet, that it is *I* myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit has not flesh and bones as ye see me having.

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Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”

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And having said this he shewed them his hands and his feet.

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As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.

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But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?

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Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

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And they gave him part of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb;

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They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

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and he took it and ate before them.

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and he ate it as they watched.

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Jesus Opens the Meaning of Scriptures

And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

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Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

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Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,

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Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

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and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;

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And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.

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and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.

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It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations,f beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’

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And *ye* are witnesses of these things.

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You are witnesses of all these things.

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And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but do ye remain in the city till ye be clothed with power from on high.

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“And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

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The Ascension

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them.

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The Ascension

Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them.

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And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.

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While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.

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And *they*, having done him homage, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.