New Living Translation NLT
Wycliffe WYC
1 But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
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But in one day of the week full early they came to the grave, and brought sweet smelling spices, that they had arrayed [bringing sweet spices, which they had made ready].
2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
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And they found the stone turned away from the grave.
3 So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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And they went in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.
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And it was done, the while [while] they were astonished in thought of this thing, lo! two men stood beside them in shining cloak [+in shining cloth/in shining clothing].
5 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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And when they dreaded, and bowed their semblance into the earth, they said to them, What seek ye him that liveth with dead men [What seek ye the living with the dead]?
6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee,
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He is not here, but is risen. Have ye mind, how he spake to you, when he was yet in Galilee,
7 that the Son of Man 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 said [saying], For it behooveth man's Son to be betaken into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.
8 Then they remembered that he had said this.
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And they bethought on his words.
9 So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened.
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And they went again from the grave, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all [the] others.
10 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 there was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and other women that were with them, that said to the apostles these things [that said these things to the apostles].
11 But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it.
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And these words were seen to them as madness [And these words were seen before them as madness], and they believed not to them.
12 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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But Peter rose up, and ran to the grave; and he bowed down, and saw the linen clothes lying alone. And he went by himself, wondering on that that was done. [+Forsooth Peter rising, ran to the grave; and he bowing down, saw the linen clothes put alone. And he went, wondering with himself this thing that was done.]
13 That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.
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And lo! twain of them went in that day into a castle [And lo! two of them went in that day to a castle], that was from Jerusalem the space of sixty furlongs, by name Emmaus.
14 As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened.
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And they spake together of all these things that had befallen.
15 As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.
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And it was done, the while they talked, and sought by themselves, Jesus himself approached, and went with them. [And it was done, while they talked, and sought with themselves, and Jesus himself nighing, went with them.]
16 But God kept them from recognizing him.
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But their eyes were holden, that they knew him not.
17 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 he said to them, What be these words, that ye speak together wandering, and ye be sorrowful?
18 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 one, whose name was Cleopas, answered, and said [to him], Thou thyself art a pilgrim in Jerusalem [+And one answering, to whom the name was Cleopas, said to him, Thou alone art a pilgrim in Jerusalem], and hast thou not known, what things be done in it in these days?
19 “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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To whom he said, What things? And they said to him, Of Jesus of Nazareth, that was a man prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people;
20 But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.
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and how the high priests and our princes betook him into condemnation of death [and how the highest priests and our princes betook him into damnation of death], and crucified him.
21 We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.
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But we hoped, that he should have again-bought Israel. And now on all these things the third day is to day, that these things were done.
22 “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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But also some women of ours made us afeared, which before day were at the grave [which before the light were at the grave];
23 They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!
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and when his body was not found, they came, and said, that they saw also a sight of angels [they came, saying, them also to have seen a sight of angels], which said, that he liveth.
24 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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And some [men] of ours went to the grave, and they found so as the women said, but they found not him [but him they found not].
25 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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And he said to them, A! fools [O! fools], and slow of heart to believe in all things that the prophets have spoken.
26 Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
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Whether it behooved not Christ to suffer these things, and so to enter into his glory?
27 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 he began at Moses and at all the prophets, and declared to them in all scriptures, that were of him. [And he beginning at Moses and all the prophets, expounded to them in all scriptures, which were of him.]
28 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 came nigh to the castle, whither they went. And he made countenance that he would go further.
29 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 they constrained him, and said [saying], Dwell with us, for it draweth to night, and the day is now bowed down. And he entered [in] with them.
30 As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.
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And it was done, while he sat at the meat with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and took to them [and gave to them].
31 Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!
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And the eyes of them were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished from their eyes.
32 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 they said together, Whether our heart was not burning in us, while he spake to us in the way, and [he] opened to us [the] scriptures?
33 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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And they rose up in the same hour, and went again into Jerusalem [to Jerusalem], and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34 who said, “The Lord has really risen! He appeared to Peter. ”
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saying, That the Lord is risen verily, and appeared to Simon.
35 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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And they told what things were done in the way, and how they knew him in breaking of bread.
36 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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And while they spake these things, Jesus stood in the middle of them, and said to them, Peace to you; I am, do not ye dread.
37 But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!
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But they were afraid and aghast, and guessed them to see a spirit.
38 “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt?
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And he said to them, What be ye troubled, and thoughts come up into your hearts [and thoughts ascend up into your hearts]?
39 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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See ye my hands and my feet, for I myself am. Feel ye, and see ye; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see that I have [as ye see me to have].
40 As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.
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And when he had said this thing, he showed hands and feet to them.
41 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 yet while they believed not, and wondered for joy, he said, Have ye here any thing that shall be eaten [Have ye any thing here that shall be eaten]?
42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
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And they proffered to him [And they offered to him] a part of a fish roasted, and an honeycomb.
43 and he ate it as they watched.
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And when he had eaten before them, he took that that (was) left, and gave to them; [And when he had eaten before them, he taking the reliefs, gave to them;]
44 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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and [he] said to them, These be the words that I spake to you [and he said to them, These be the words which I spake to you], when I was yet with you; for it is need that all things be fulfilled, that be written in the law of Moses [which be written in the law of Moses], and in prophets, and in psalms, of me.
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
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Then he opened to them wit [Then he opened wit to them], that they should understand [the] scriptures.
46 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 he said to them, For thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and rise again from death the third day [and to rise again from dead the third day];
47 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’
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and penance and remission of sins to be preached in his name to all folks, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of all these things.
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And ye be witnesses of these things.
49 “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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And I shall send the promise of my Father into you [And I send the promise of my Father into you]; but sit ye in the city, till ye be clothed with virtue from on high.
50 Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them.
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And he led them forth into Bethany, and when his hands were lifted up [and, his hands lifted up], he blessed them.
51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.
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And it was done, the while he blessed them [while he blessed them], he departed from them, and was borne into heaven.
52 So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy.
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And they worshipped, and went again into Jerusalem with great joy, [And they worshipping went again to Jerusalem with great joy;]
53 And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.
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and were evermore in the temple [and were ever in the temple], praising and blessing God.