5

ture, that he must they believe the testimonies of those that saw him rise again from the risen, Mark xvi. 11—14.

dead.

IO Then the disci

ples went away again unto their own home.

II But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and [a] looked into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when she

e of the tomb.

14. And having said so, and received answer from had thus said, she the angels that he was risen from the dead, and that turned herself back, she should go and tell his disciples, &c., Matt. xxviii. and saw Jesus standing, and knew not 5, 6, Mark xvi. 6, 7, Luke xxiv. 6, she went from the sepulchre toward the place where the disciples were, 15 Jesus saith unto Matt. xxviii. 8, and as she goes, (see note [a],) she her, Woman, why sees a person standing, which indeed was Jesus, seekest thou? She, though she knew him not.

that it was Jesus.

weepest thou? whom

supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where

thou hast laid him,

d and I will take him d and I will carry him to his grave again, or pro

for I am not yet as

vide some other burying-place for him.

e This is not a time for me to company

with you,

5 ought to rise, deî autóv. 6 to themselves, πрòs eaνтоús: see note [u].

cended to my Fa- as I was wont, but I go to prepare a place for you in ther: but go to my heaven, where you shall hereafter enjoy me.

brethren, and say un

to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

19 ¶ 7 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the f doors were shut

f doors of the room where they were together were where the disciples shut, for the more secresy to avoid danger from the Jews, came Jesus

were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus

to them again, "Peace

I take my leave of you, (see ch. xiv. 27.) and do be unto you: as my now give you the same commission to execute in the Father hath sent me, church when I am gone,

even [b] so send Í

you.

22 And when he

had said this, he breathed on them, hand saith unto them,

at my coming.

which my Father

gave me

hand by that emblem signified to them the Holy [c] Receive ye the Ghost which should shortly come down upon them, Holy Ghost: (and thereby all those gifts of the Spirit of God which 23 [d] Whose so- should be necessary to fit them for the discharge of ever sins ye remit, they are remitted untheir office,) Acts ii. 1, till which time they were to to them; and whose wait at Jerusalem, Luke xxiv. 49. soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

24 ¶ But Thomas, one of the twelve,

23. See note [h] Matt xvi., and tract, Of the Power of the Keys.

i otherwise called Didymus, which by interpretacalled Didymus, tion signifies the twin, was not with them

7 And when it was evening, that day being the first day of the week, and the doors being shut, Οὔσης οὖν ὀψίας, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων. 8 the twin, Aldvμos.

he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

26 ¶ And '[e]after

k I shall not be persuaded that it is he.

1 the week after, the next week, that day seven eight days again his nights, the disciples were again met at the service of disciples were within, and Thomas with God, and Thomas was with them, and when the them: then came Je- doors had been fast shut, for the more secresy and sus, the doors being security, Jesus again, as ver. 19, came in upon them, shut, and stood in and stood in the midst

the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, "My Lord and my God.

29 Jesus saith unto

m I acknowledge that thou art my very Lord and Master, and that is an evidence to me that thou art

him, Thomas, be- the omnipotent God of heaven.

cause thou hast seen me, thou hast believ

ed: "blessed are they n

thy faith would have been more excellent, and that have not seen, more eminently rewardable, if without such demonand yet have believ- strative evidence thou hadst believed; and so is their faith who have believed without it.

ed.

30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

CHAP. XXI.

AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.

2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called 'Didymus, and "Na

a lake of Gennesaret (see note [c] Luke viii).

Bartholomew perhaps (see note on ch. i.), and

thanael of Cana in James and John, and two other of his disciples.

Galilee, and the sons

of Zebedee, and two

other of his disciples.

3 Simon Peter saith

3. And Simon returning to his trade again, called

unto them, I go a the rest to go to fishing, and they agreed to do so. fishing. They say And they went forth

unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

4 But when the

4. But either he was so disguised, or their eyes so morning was now held by God's power and pleasure, that though they saw a man, they knew not who it was.

come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

5 Then Jesus saith

5. Then Jesus calling to them in a familiar man

unto them, Children, ner, asked them, saying, Have ye any meat?—

have ye any meat? They answered him,

No.

6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

7 Therefore that

7. Hereupon John told Peter, Assuredly it is Jedisciple whom Jesus sus. Now when Peter heard it was Jesus, he would loved saith unto Pe- not stay, but only put on his upper garment, (having Now when Simon nothing before but his inner garment upon him,) and Peter heard that it went into the lake to go to him.

ter, It is the Lord.

was the Lord, he girt his 2 [a] fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 8 And the other

8. And the rest of them did not so, but being not

1 the twin, Δίδυμος.

2 upper garment, or, apron about him, tòy érevðútnV.

disciples came in a far from land, where Jesus was, went to him by boat, little ship; (for they dragging the net full of fishes along with them.

were not far from

land, but as it were
two hundred cubits,)
dragging the
with fishes.

net

9 As soon then as they were come to

land, c they saw a

с

e they discern a greater miracle than the former, a fire of coals there, fire of coals, and a fish laid on it, and bread, all and fish laid thereon, created or produced out of nothing by the power of

and bread.

10 Jesus saith unto Christ.

them, Bring of the fish which ye have

now caught.

II Simon Peter

11. Simon went into the ship, or boat, and drew

went up, and drew the net to land

the net to land full

of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three and for all there were SO many, yet was not the net broken.

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

13 Jesus then com

eth, and dtaketh d took bread and fish, and eat himself, and gave bread, and giveth them to eat, to signify to them the reality of his rethem, and fish like-surrection: see note [f] Matt. xxvi.

wise.

14 This is now the

14. This was the third day of Christ's appearing to third time that Jesus his disciples after his resurrection, though the sixth shewed himself to time of his appearance, and the fourth that he appearhis disciples, after ed to the disciples, yet the third time also that he apthat he was risen peared to all, or more of them together.

from the dead.

с

e Peter, is thy love to me so great as thou didst 15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus seem to affirm it, when (Matt. xxvi. 23.) thou saidst, saith to Simon Peter, though all men should forsake me, thou wouldst not? Simon, son of Jo- Is thy love surpassing the love of all other my discinas, [b] lovest thou me more than these? ples? Or is thy love agreeable to this thy expression He saith unto him, of it, in casting thyself into the sea to come to me? Yea, Lord; thou ver. 7. And he answered, Lord, thou knowest that knowest that I love I love thee sincerely, though now, being taught by thee. He saith unto former fall, I shall not make comparison with all my lambs. my 16 He saith to him others. He saith unto him, Let thy love be expressagain the second ed to me in thy care of that flock committed to thee. 3 John: for the Greek and Latin copy reads, 'Iwávov, others, 'Iwavvâ, and Nonnus, 'Iwavvdo.

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