Good News Translation GNT
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1 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.
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But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,
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They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body.
4 They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them.
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It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
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?
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Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee:
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He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
7 "The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.' "
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saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
8 Then the women remembered his words,
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They remembered his words,
9 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest.
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returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to 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.
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Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. 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.
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These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't 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.
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But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
13 On that same day two of Jesus' followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
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Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
14 and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.
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They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.
15 As they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them;
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It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
16 they saw him, but somehow did not recognize him.
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But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
17 Jesus said to them, "What are you talking about to each other, as you walk along?" They stood still, with sad faces.
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He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
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?"
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One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these 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.
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He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
20 Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and he was crucified.
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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
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.
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But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
22 Some of the women of our group surprised us; they went at dawn to the tomb,
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Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at 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.
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and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was 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."
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Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
25 Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!
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He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?"
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Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things, and to enter into 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.
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Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther;
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They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
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.
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They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." 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.
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It happened, when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.
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Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of 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?"
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They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened 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
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They rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
34 and saying, "The Lord is risen indeed! He has appeared to Simon!"
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saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and 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.
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They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
36 While the two were telling them this, suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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As they said these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
37 They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost.
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But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they saw a spirit.
38 But he said to them, "Why are you alarmed? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds?
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He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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."
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See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
40 He said this and showed them his hands and his feet.
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When he had said this, he shown 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?"
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While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to 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 a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43 which he took and ate in their presence.
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He took it, and ate in front of them.
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."
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He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
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Then he opened their minds, that they might 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,
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He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
47 and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
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and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
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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."
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Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
50 Then he led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them.
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He led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
51 As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven.
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It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
52 They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy,
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They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 and spent all their time in the Temple giving thanks to God.
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and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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