Frameworks:
Luke's Gospel, chapter 24
For
preliminaries see chapter 1
v.1-12
Jesus Has Risen
v.13-35
On the Road to Emmaus
v.36-49
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
v.50-53
The Ascension of Jesus
v.1-12
Jesus Has Risen
v.1
(It's Sunday
morning) On
the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women
took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
v.2,3
(the women find
the stone on the tomb rolled back and the tomb empty) They
found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they
entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
v.4
(two angels
appear to them) While
they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that
gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
v.5
(they challenge
the women) In
their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground,
but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among
the dead?
v.6,7
(he's risen like he told
you before) He
is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he
was still with you in Galilee: ‘The
Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be
crucified and on the third day be raised again.'
”
v.8
(they
remembered) Then
they remembered his words.
v.9
(they
went and told the eleven) When
they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the
Eleven and to all the others.
v.10
(it was the
three women reporting) It
was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the
others with them who told this to the apostles.
v.11
(but the men
couldn't believe it) But
they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to
them like nonsense.
v.12
(Peter ran to
the tomb to see for himself) Peter,
however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the
strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering
to himself what had happened.
v.13-35
On the Road to Emmaus
v.13
(two of the
disciples were going to Emmaus) Now
that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus,
about seven miles from Jerusalem.
v.14
(they were talking
about what had happened) They
were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
v.15,16
(Jesus came
alongside them as they walked but they didn't recognise him)
As
they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus
himself came up and walked along with them; but
they were kept from recognizing him.
v.17
(he questioned
them) He
asked them, “What
are you discussing together as you walk along?” They
stood still, their faces downcast.
v.18
(they refer
to what had happened) One
of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting
Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there
in these days?”
v.19
(he asks about
it) “What
things?”
he asked. “About
Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful
in word and deed before God and all the people.
v.20,21
(they tell all
that had gone on) The
chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to
death, and they crucified him; but
we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.
And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
v.22,23
(they tell of
the report of the women) In
addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early
this morning but
didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen
a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
v.24
(some had gone
and looked and confirmed the body was gone ) Then
some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the
women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
v.25
(Jesus chastises
them) He
said to them, “How
foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets
have spoken!
v.26
(didn't prophecy
say this would happen?) Did
not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his
glory?”
v.27
(so he explained
from the Old Testament) And
beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them
what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
v.28
(nearing Emmaus
Jesus looked like he was going on) As
they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued
on as if he were going farther.
v.29
(but on their
urging he stayed with them) But
they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening;
the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
v.30
(as he broke
bread and prayed) When
he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke
it and began to give it to them.
v.31
(they realised
who he was – but he disappeared) Then
their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared
from their sight.
v.32
(they marvel
at what had happened) They
asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while
he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
v.33,34
(they return
to Jerusalem to tell the others) They
got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the
Eleven and those with them, assembled together and
saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”
v.35
(they recount what happened)
Then
the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized
by them when he broke the bread.
v.36-49
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
v.36
(as they were
talking Jesus appeared with them) While
they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among
them and said to them, “Peace
be with you.”
v.37
(they thought
it was a ghost) They
were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
v.38
(he challenges
them) He
said to them, “Why
are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?
v.39
(see, touch
me, feel me) Look
at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost
does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
v.40
(he showed them
his wounds) When
he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.
v.41
(he asks for
something to eat) And
while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement,
he asked them, “Do
you have anything here to eat?”
v.42,43
(he ate it with
them) They
gave him a piece of broiled fish, and
he took it and ate it in their presence.
v.44
(he reminded
then what he had taught them before) He
said to them, “This
is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must
be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms.”
v.45
(so he opened
the meaning of the scriptures) Then
he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
v.46,47
(he laid out the basics)
He
told them, “This
is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the
dead on the third day, and
repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his
name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
v.48
(now you've
seen them) You
are witnesses of these things.
v.49
(stay here until
you receive the Spirit my Father promised) I
am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in
the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
v.50-53
The Ascension of Jesus
v.50
(he took them
out to Bethany and blessed them) When
he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his
hands and blessed them.
v.51
(… and then
ascended to heaven..) While
he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
v.52
(after which
they returned to Jerusalem..) Then
they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
v.53
(where they
kept returning to the temple praising God) And
they stayed continually at the temple, praising God