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36 The disciples were still talking about this when Jesus himself suddenly stood among them. He said, "May peace be with you!"
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While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
37 They were surprised and terrified. They thought they were seeing a ghost.
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They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
38 Jesus said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do you have doubts in your minds?
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He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?
39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is really I! Touch me and see. A ghost does not have a body or bones. But you can see that I do."
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Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 After he said that, he showed them his hands and feet.
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When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.
41 But they still did not believe it. They were amazed and filled with joy. So Jesus asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
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And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
42 They gave him a piece of cooked fish.
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They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
43 He took it and ate it in front of them.
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and he took it and ate it in their presence.
44 Jesus said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you. Everything written about me must happen. Everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."
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He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
46 He told them, "This is what is written. The Christ will suffer. He will rise from the dead on the third day.
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He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
47 His followers will preach in his name. They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven. People from every nation will hear it, beginning at Jerusalem.
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and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 You have seen these things with your own eyes.
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You are witnesses of these things.
49 "I am going to send you what my Father has promised. But for now, stay in the city. Stay there until you have received power from heaven."
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I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
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