s crucified. He
is risen; he is not here. See the place where he was laid! But go and
tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going before you into Galilee;
there you will see him, as he told you.'"

Then they remembered Jesus' words, and returning from the tomb they told
these things to the eleven disciples and to all the others; but to them,
the story seemed to be nonsense, and they were not believed. Peter,
however, ran to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw only the linen
bandages; and he went home wondering what had happened.

But Mary of Magdala stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she
stooped down and looked into the tomb and saw two angels in white
sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of
Jesus had lain. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She
said, "Because they have taken away my Master and I do not know where
they have laid him!"

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
but she did not know that it was Jesus. "Woman," said he, "Why are you
weeping? For whom are you looking?" Supposing that he was the gardener,
she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have
laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She
turned to him and cried out, "Master!" Jesus said, "Do not touch me, for
I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell
them, 'I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and
your God.'" Mary went to the disciples with the news, "I have seen the
Master," and to tell them what he had said to her.

JESUS WALKS AND TALKS WITH TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES

On the same day two of Jesus' disciples were on their way to a village
called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem; and as they talked
together about what had happened, Jesus himself drew near and went with
them; but their eyes were kept from knowing him.

He said to them, "What are you talking about so earnestly as you walk
along?" And they stood still, looking sad, and one of them, named
Cleopas, answered, "Are you only a stranger stopping in Jerusalem? Do
you not know the things that have happened there within these last few
days?" He asked, "What things?" They answered, "Why, about Jesus of
Nazareth, who proved himself a prophet, mighty in word and deed before
God and all the people, and how our high priests and rulers gave him
over to be sentenced to death and had him crucified. But we were hopin