Journey
Easter morning
Who saw him first, and who saw him after? The women at the tomb, Mary Magdalene, Peter, two travellers to Emmaus, Thomas, seven disciples by the lake and the list Paul passed on.
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Opening stop: Why seek ye the living among the dead?, Luke 24:1
Later, at Troas, the disciples came together to break bread upon the first day of the week (Acts 20:6-7), and Paul told the Corinthians to lay money by on that day (1 Corinthians 16:2). The Gospels differ on who met the women: a young man in Mark (Mark 16:5), an angel in Matthew (Matthew 28:2), two men here, whom the Emmaus pair call a vision of angels (Luke 24:23), and two angels later in John (John 20:12). The women are told to remember how he spoke to them in Galilee, so Luke counts them among those who heard him foretell his death.
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
King James Version
On the first day of the week the women come very early with the spices they had prepared, find the stone rolled away and do not find the body. Two men in shining garments ask why they seek the living among the dead, say he is risen, and tell them to remember what he said in Galilee; they remember and carry the news to the eleven. The narrator names Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and other women, and says their words seemed as idle tales. Peter runs to the sepulchre, sees the linen clothes and departs wondering. That day two of them walk to a village called Emmaus; Jesus draws near and walks with them while their eyes are holden. One of them, named Cleopas, tells the stranger about Jesus of Nazareth, the crucifixion, their hope that he would have redeemed Israel, the third day, and the women's report. He calls them slow of heart and expounds the scriptures beginning at Moses and all the prophets. They constrain him to stay, and as he takes bread, blesses, breaks and gives it, their eyes are opened and he vanishes. They return to Jerusalem and find the eleven saying the Lord is risen and has appeared to Simon. Jesus stands among them; they suppose they see a spirit, so he shows his hands and feet and eats broiled fish and honeycomb. He speaks of what was written in the law of Moses, the prophets and the psalms, opens their understanding, names them witnesses, tells them to tarry in Jerusalem, then leads them out to Bethany, blesses them and is parted from them. They return with great joy and are continually in the temple.
Continue the journey
This journey has 9 stops. The opening stop is free. Premium opens the rest of the guided path, and every Scripture chapter stays free to read.