The Resurrection
(Matthew 28.1-10Mark 16.1-8John 20.1-10)1 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb, 3 so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them. 5 Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive? 6 He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.’”
8 Then the women remembered his words, 9 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest. 10 The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; they and the other women with them told these things to the apostles. 11 But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the grave cloths but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened.
The Walk to Emmaus
(Mark 16.12Mark 13)13 On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them; 16 they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him. 17 Jesus said to them, “What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along?”
They stood still, with sad faces. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have been happening there these last few days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did. 20 Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified. 21 And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened. 22 Some of the women of our group surprised us; they went at dawn to the tomb, 23 but could not find his body. They came back saying they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he is alive. 24 Some of our group went to the tomb and found it exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
25 Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! 26 Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?” 27 And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.
28 As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther; 29 but they held him back, saying, “Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Wasn't it like a fire burning in us when he talked to us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
33 They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others 34 and saying, “The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to Simon!”
35 The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
(Matthew 28.16-20Mark 16.14-18John 20.19-23Acts 1.6-8)36 While the two were telling them this, suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37 They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost. 38 But he said to them, “Why are you alarmed? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have.”
40 He said this and showed them his hands and his feet. 41 They still could not believe, they were so full of joy and wonder; so he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of cooked fish, 43 which he took and ate in their presence.
44 Then he said to them, “These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later, 47 and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And I myself will send upon you what my Father has promised. But you must wait in the city until the power from above comes down upon you.”
Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven
(Mark 16.19Mark 20Acts 1.9-11)50 Then he led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them. 51 As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven. 52 They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy, 53 and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.
قيامة يسوع
(متى 28:1-10، مرقس 16:1-8، يوحنا 20:1-10)1 وجِئنَ عِندَ فَجرِ الأحَدِ إلى القَبرِ وهُنّ يَحمِلْنَ الطّيبَ الذي هَيّأنَهُ. 2 فوَجَدْنَ الحجَرَ مُدَحرَجًا عَنِ القَبرِ. 3 فدَخَلْنَ، فما وَجَدْنَ جسَدَ الرّبّ يَسوعَ. 4 وبَينَما هُنّ في حَيرَةٍ، ظهَرَ لَهُنّ رَجُلانِ علَيهِما ثِيابٌ بَرّاقَةٌ، 5 فاَرتَعَبْنَ ونكّسنَ وجُوهَهُنّ نحوَ الأرضِ، فقالَ لهُنّ الرّجُلانِ: «لِماذا تَطلُبْنَ الحَيّ بَينَ الأمواتِ؟ 6 ما هوَ هُنا، بل قامَ. أُذكُرنَ كلامَهُ لَكُنّ وهوَ في الجَليلِ، 7 حينَ قالَ: «يَجبُ أنْ يُسلّمَ اَبنُ الإنسانِ إلى أيدي الخاطِئينَ ويُصلَبَ، وفي اليومِ الثّالِثِ يَقومُ». 8 فتَذكّرنَ كلامَهُ. 9 ورَجَعْنَ مِنَ القَبرِ وأخبَرْنَ التلاميذَ الأحَدَ عشَرَ والآخَرينَ كُلّهُم بِما حدَثَ، 10 وهُنّ مَريَمُ المَجدَلِيةُ وحنّةُ ومَريَمُ أُمّ يَعقوبَ، وكذلِكَ سائِرُ النّساءِ اللّواتي رافَقنَهُنّ. 11 وظَنَ الرُسُلُ أنّهُنّ واهِماتٌ، فما صَدّقوهُنّ. 12 ولكنّ بُطرُسَ قامَ وأسرَعَ إلى القَبرِ، فلمّا اَنحَنى رَأى الأكفانَ وحدَها. فرَجَعَ مُتَعَجّبًا مِمّا حَدَثَ.
على طريق عمواس
(مرقس 16:12-13)13 وفي اليومِ نَفسِهِ، كانَ اَثنانِ مِنَ التلاميذِ في طَريقِهِما إلى قَريةٍ اَسمُها عِمواسُ، على مَسافَةِ سَبعةِ أميالٍ مِنْ أُورُشليمَ. 14 وكانا يَتَحدّثانِ بِهذِهِ الأمورِ كُلّها. 15 وبَينَما هُما يَتحَدّثانِ ويَتجادَلانِ، دَنا مِنهُما يَسوعُ نَفسُهُ ومَشى مَعَهُما، 16 ولكنّ أعيُنَهُما عَمِيَت عَنْ مَعرِفَتِهِ. 17 فقالَ لهُما: «بِماذا تَتحدّثانِ وأنتُما ماشيانِ؟» فوقفا حزينينِ. 18 فأجابَهُ أحدُهُما، واَسمُهُ كَليوباسُ: «أنتَ وحدَكَ غَريبٌ في أُورُشليمَ فلا تَعرِفُ ما حدَثَ فيها هذِهِ الأيّامَ!» 19 فقالَ يَسوعُ: «ماذا حدَثَ؟» قالا لَه: «ما حدَثَ ليَسوعَ النّاصريّ وكانَ نَبيّا قَديرًا في القولِ والعَمَلِ عِندَ اللهِ والشّعبِ كُلّهِ، 20 كيفَ أسلَمَهُ رُؤساءُ كَهَنَتِنا وزُعماؤُنا لِلحُكمِ علَيهِ بالموتِ، وكيفَ صَلبُوهُ. 21 وكُنّا نأملُ أنْ يكونَ هوَ الذي يُخَلّصُ إِسرائيلَ. ومعَ ذلِكَ، فهذا هوَ اليومُ الثّالِثُ لتِلكَ الأحداثِ التي وقَعَت. 22 لكِنّ بَعضَ النّساءِ مِنْ جَماعَتِنا حَيّرنَنا، لأنّهُنّ زُرنَ القَبرَ عِندَ الفجرِ، 23 فما وجَدْنَ جسَدَهُ، فرَجِعْنَ وقُلْنَ إنّهُنّ شاهَدْنَ ملائِكَةً ظهَروا لهُنّ وأخبَروهُنّ بأنّهُ حَيّ. 24 فذهَبَ بَعضُ رِفاقِنا إلى القَبرِ، فوَجَدوا الحالَ على ما قالَتِ النّساءُ. وأمّا هوَ، فما رأَوهُ».
25 فقالَ لهُما يَسوعُ: «ما أغباكُما وأبطأَكُما عَن الإيمانِ بكُلّ ما قالَهُ الأنبياءُ! 26 أما كانَ يَجبُ على المَسيحِ أنْ يُعانيَ هذِهِ الآلامَ، فيَدخُلَ في مَجدِهِ؟» 27 وشرَحَ لهُما ما جاءَ عَنهُ في جميعِ الكُتبِ المُقدّسةِ، مِنْ موسى إلى سائِرِ الأنبياءِ.
28 ولمّا اَقتَرَبوا مِنَ القَريةِ التي يَقصِدانِ إليها، تظاهر لهُما يَسوعُ أنّهُ ذاهِبٌ إلى مكانٍ بَعيدٍ. 29 فتَمَسّكا بِه وقالا: «أقِمْ مَعَنا، لأنّ المَساءَ اَقتَرَبَ ومالَ النّهارُ!» فدخَلَ ليُقيمَ مَعَهُما. 30 ولمّا جَلَسوا لِلطَعامِ، أخَذَ يَسوعُ خُبزًا وبارَكَ وكسَرهُ وناولَهُما. 31 فاَنفَتَحَت عُيونُهُما وعَرَفاهُ، ولكنّهُ تَوارى عن أنظارِهِما. 32 فقالَ أحدُهُما للآخَرِ: «أما كانَ قَلبُنا يَحتَرِقُ في صَدْرِنا، حينَ حَدّثَنا في الطّريقِ وشرَحَ لنا الكُتُبَ المُقدّسَةَ؟» 33 وقاما في الحالِ ورَجَعا إلى أُورُشليمَ، فوَجَدا الرّسُلَ الأحدَ عشَرَ ورِفاقَهُم مُجتَمِعينَ، 34 وكانوا يَقولونَ: «قامَ الرّبّ حقّا وظهَرَ لِسِمعانَ!» 35 فأخبَراهُم بِما حدَثَ في الطّريقِ، وكيفَ عَرَفا الرّبّ عِندَ كَسرِ الخُبزِ.
يسوع يظهر للتلاميذ
(متى 28:16-20، مرقس 16:14-18، يوحنا 20:19-23، أعمال 1:6-8)36 وبَينَما التِلميذانِ يتكَلّمانِ، ظهَرَ هوَ نَفسُهُ بَينَهُم وقالَ لهُم: «سَلامٌ علَيكُم!» 37 فخافوا واَرتَعَبوا، وظَنّوا أنّهُم يرَونَ شَبَحًا. 38 فقالَ لهُم: «ما بالُكُم مُضطَربينَ، ولِماذا ثارَتِ الشّكوكُ في نُفوسِكُم؟ 39 أُنظُروا إلى يَدَيّ ورِجلَيّ، أنا هوَ. إلمِسوني وتَحَقّقوا. الشّبَحُ لا يكونُ لَه لَحمٌ وعَظْمٌ كما تَرونَ لي». 40 قالَ هذا وأراهُم يَدَيهِ ورِجلَيهِ. 41 ولكنّهُم ظَلّوا غَيرَ مُصدّقِينَ مِنْ شِدّةِ الفرَحِ والدّهشَةِ.
فقالَ لهُم: «أعِندَكم طَعامٌ هُنا؟» 42 فناوَلوهُ قِطعَةَ سَمَكٍ مَشوِيّ، 43 فأخَذَ وأكَلَ أمامَ أنظارِهِم. 44 ثُمّ قالَ لَهُم: «عِندَما كُنتُ بَعدُ مَعَكُم قُلتُ لكُم: لا بُدّ أنْ يتِمّ لي كُلّ ما جاءَ عنّي في شريعةِ موسى وكُتُبِ الأنبياءِ والمزاميرِ». 45 ثُمّ فتَحَ أذهانَهُم ليَفهَموا الكُتُبَ المُقَدّسَةَ، 46 وقالَ لهُم: «هذا ما جاءَ فيها، وهوَ أنّ المَسيحَ يتألّمُ ويَقومُ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ في اليومِ الثّالِثِ، 47 وتُعلَنُ باَسمِهِ بِشارَةُ التّوبَةِ لغُفرانِ الخطايا إلى جميعِ الشّعوبِ، اَبتداءً مِنْ أُورُشليمَ. 48 وأنتُم شُهودٌ على ذلِكَ. 49 وسأُرسِلُ إليكُم ما وعَدَ بِه أبي. فأقيموا في مدينةِ أُورُشليمَ إلى أنْ تَحُلّ علَيكُمُ القُوّةُ مِنَ العُلى».
صعود يسوع إلى السماء
(مرقس 16:19-20، أعمال 1:9-11)50 ثُمّ خرَجَ بِهِم إلى بَيتِ عنيا، ورفَعَ يَديَهِ وبارَكَهُم. 51 وبَينَما هوَ يُبارِكُهُم، اَنفَصَل عَنهُم ورُفِعَ إلى السّماءِ، 52 فسَجَدوا لَه، ورَجَعوا إلى أُورُشليمَ وهُم في فرَحٍ عَظيمٍ. 53 وكانوا كُلّ حينٍ في الهَيكلِ يُبارِكونَ اللهَ.
