JESUS OF NAZARETH RISES FROM THE DEAD
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week,
they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said
among themselves:
"Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?"
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it
was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they
were affrighted. And he saith unto them:
"Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he
is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go
your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into
Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you."
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they
trembled and were amazed: neither said they anything to any man; for
they were afraid.
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she
went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of
her, believed not.
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they
walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the
residue: neither believed they them.
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and
upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they
believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said
unto them:
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He
that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe;
in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover."
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into
heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and
preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the
word with signs following. Amen.
End of Project Gutenberg's Jesus of Nazareth - A Biography, by John Mark