Matthew 28 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ At the close of the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ² But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it. ³ His appearance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow. ⁴ For fear of him the sentries shook and became like dead men; ⁵ but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus. ⁶ He is not here, he has risen, as he told you he would. See, here is the place where he [the Lord] lay. ⁷ Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you." ⁸ Then they ran quickly from the tomb in fear and great joy, to announce the news to his disciples. ⁹ And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him; ¹⁰ then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there." ¹¹ While they were on their way, some of the sentries went into the city and reported all that had taken place to the high priests, ¹² who, after meeting and conferring with the elders, gave a considerable sum of money to the soldiers ¹³ and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep." ¹⁴ "If this comes to the ears of the governor," they added, "we will satisfy him and see that you have no trouble about the matter." ¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day. ¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them. ¹⁷ When they saw him they worshipped him, though some were in doubt. ¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth; ¹⁹ go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world."

⁵⁶ including Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus.

⁶¹ Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

¹ And when the sabbath had passed Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices in order to go and anoint him; ² and very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise. ³ They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder). ⁴ But when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side, ⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered, ⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid. ⁷ Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'" ⁸ And they fled out of the tomb, for they were seized with terror and beside themselves. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid of — .

⁵⁶ then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.

²² Though some women of our number gave us a surprise; they were at the tomb early in the morning

¹ On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb, ² she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!" ³ So Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb; ⁴ they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first. ⁵ He glanced in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go inside. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him, and went inside the tomb; he noticed not only that the bandages were lying on the ground ⁷ but that the napkin which had been round his head was folded up by itself, instead of lying beside the other bandages. ⁸ Upon this the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and when he saw for himself he was convinced. ⁹ (For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.) ¹⁰ Then the disciples returned home;

⁵¹ And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split, ⁵² the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up — ⁵³ they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.

³ They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder). ⁴ But when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side, ⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

² The boulder they found rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment. ⁵ They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

¹ On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb,

¹² and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ "Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!"

²⁶ all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened.

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his temple; there were flashes of lightning, loud blasts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a hailstorm.

² in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.

³ and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

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

¹⁰ As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white,

¹⁴ his head and hair were white as wool, white as snow; his eyes flashed like fire, ¹⁵ his feet glowed like burnished bronze, his voice sounded like many waves, ¹⁶ in his right hand he held seven stars, a sharp sword with a double edge issued from his mouth, and his face shone like the sun in full strength.

⁴ Still, you have a few souls at Sardis who have not soiled their raiment; they shall walk beside me in white, for they deserve to. ⁵ 'The conqueror shall be clad in white raiment; I will never erase his name from the book of Life, but will own him openly before my Father and before his angels.'

¹ Then I saw another strong angel descend from heaven; he was clad in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, his face like the sun, his feet like columns of fire,

¹ After that I saw another angel descend from heaven, great in might; his radiance lit up the earth,

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, go and make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ So off they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the boulder and setting the guard.

¹¹ While they were on their way, some of the sentries went into the city and reported all that had taken place to the high priests,

³ As he neared Damascus in the course of his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed round him; ⁴ he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" ⁵ "Who are you?" he asked. "I am Jesus," he said, "and you persecute me. ⁶ Get up and go into the city. There you will be told what you have to do." ⁷ His fellow-travellers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but they could not see anyone.

²⁹ So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas,

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; but he laid his hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and Last,

²⁷ Then Jesus spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

¹⁰ then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there."

⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

¹² When Zechariah saw him he was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³ but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

³⁰ But the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, you have found favour with God.

⁵ They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

¹³ "Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!" ¹⁴ With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing — though she did not know it was Jesus. ¹⁵ "Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him."

¹⁴ Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; but he laid his hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and Last, ¹⁸ I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

⁴⁰ for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to leave for Jerusalem and endure great suffering at the hands of the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and raised on the third day.

⁹ As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

²³ they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised." They were greatly distressed at this.

¹⁹ and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; then on the third day he will be raised."

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. ³² But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

⁶³ and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'

³¹ And he proceeded to teach them that the Son of man had to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, to be killed and after three days to rise again;

⁶ He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered what he had said,

¹² Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened.

²³ and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

¹⁹ Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."

¹⁷ This is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again.

⁴ they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first. ⁵ He glanced in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go inside. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him, and went inside the tomb; he noticed not only that the bandages were lying on the ground ⁷ but that the napkin which had been round his head was folded up by itself, instead of lying beside the other bandages. ⁸ Upon this the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and when he saw for himself he was convinced. ⁹ (For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.)

²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.)

³² But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them. ¹⁷ When they saw him they worshipped him, though some were in doubt.

²⁸ But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

¹⁰ She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

¹³ They too went and reported it to the rest, but they would not believe them either.

⁹ and turning away from the tomb they reported all this to the eleven and all the others. ¹⁰ (It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.)

²² Though some women of our number gave us a surprise; they were at the tomb early in the morning ²³ and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. ²⁴ Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him."

³⁴ who told them that the Lord had really risen and that he had appeared to Simon.

²⁹ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.

⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;

¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'" ¹⁸ Away went Mary of Magdala to the disciples with the news, "I have seen the Lord!" — telling them what he had said to her.

¹ After that, Jesus disclosed himself once more to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. It was in this way. ² Simon Peter, Thomas (who was called 'the Twin'), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the two sons of Zebedaeus, and two other disciples of his, were all together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going to fish." They said, "We are coming with you too." Off they went and embarked in the boat, but that night they caught nothing. ⁴ Now at break of day Jesus was standing on the beach (though the disciples did not know it was Jesus). ⁵ "Lads," said Jesus, "have you got anything?" "No," they answered. ⁶ So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish. ⁷ So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water, ⁸ while the rest of the disciples came ashore in the punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish. ⁹ When they got to land, they saw a charcoal fire burning, with fish cooking on it, and some bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." ¹¹ So Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty three of them; but for all their number the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said, "Come and breakfast." (Not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was; they knew it was the Lord.) ¹³ Jesus went and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish too. ¹⁴ This was the third time, now, that Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead.

⁴ that he was buried, that he rose on the third day as the scriptures had said,

⁶ after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died;

⁸ And they fled out of the tomb, for they were seized with terror and beside themselves. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid of — .

³⁶ Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw; ³⁸ but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have." ⁴⁰ [With these words he showed them his hands and feet.] ⁴¹ Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

²⁰ Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy.

²² So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you.

²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced. ²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth."

³³ and the men in the boat worshipped him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son."

¹⁷ When they saw him they worshipped him, though some were in doubt.

⁹ (a) Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala out of whom he had cast seven daemons. ¹⁰ She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

²⁸ The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!"

³⁸ and stood behind him at his feet in tears; her tears began to wet his feet, so she wiped them with the hair of her head, pressed kisses on them, and anointed them with the perfume.

⁵² They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem,

³ Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

¹⁴ With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing — though she did not know it was Jesus. ¹⁵ "Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him." ¹⁶ "Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher'). ¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

¹¹ Now brothers, goodbye; mend your ways, listen to what I have told you, live in harmony, keep the peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you.

⁹ Lo, I will make those who belong to that synagogue of Satan, who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but liars!) — lo, I will have them come and do homage before your feet and learn that I did love you.

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne and of the living Creatures and of the Presbyters, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² crying aloud, "The slain Lamb deserves to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing." ¹³ And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth crying, "Blessing and honour and glory and dominion for ever and ever, to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!" ¹⁴ "Amen," said the four living Creatures, and the Presbyters fell down and worshipped.

⁴⁸ But he replied to the man who told him this, "Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?" ⁴⁹ Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

⁴⁰ The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

⁵ but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus.

⁷ Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you."

³³ He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" ³⁴ And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."

⁷ Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"

³⁶ Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw; ³⁸ but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind?

²⁰ but he said to them, "It is I, have no fear";

¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

²⁹ For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son — that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

¹¹ For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying, 'I will proclaim thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the church I will sing of thee,' ¹³ and again, 'I will put my trust in him,' and again, 'Here am I and the children God has given me.' ¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil) ¹⁵ and release from thraldom those who lay under a life-long fear of death. ¹⁶ (For of course it is not angels that he succours, it is the offspring of Abraham.) ¹⁷ He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People. ¹⁸ It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

⁴ For fear of him the sentries shook and became like dead men;

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas ⁴ and took counsel together to get hold of Jesus by craft and have him put to death.

¹ When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to have him put to death. ² After binding him, they led him off and handed him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

⁶² Next day (that is, on the day after the Preparation) the high priests and Pharisees gathered round Pilate ⁶³ and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.' ⁶⁴ Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it."

⁴⁷ whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs.

¹⁰ So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well, ¹¹ since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

⁵ Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes, ⁶ which was attended by the high priest Annas, by Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high priest's family. ⁷ They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?" ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. ¹¹ He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation." ¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus, ¹⁴ but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing. ¹⁵ Ordering them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin, they proceeded to hold a consultation. ¹⁶ "What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny. ¹⁷ However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name." ¹⁸ So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. ²⁰ Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard." ²¹ Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened ²² (the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed, being more than forty years old).

³³ When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles. ³⁴ But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin called Gamaliel, a doctor of the Law who was highly respected by all the people, got up and ordered the apostles to be removed for a few moments.

⁴⁰ They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

² After binding him, they led him off and handed him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

¹⁹ Herod made inquiries for him but could not find him; so, after cross-examining the guards, he ordered them off to death. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea, where he spent some time.

¹⁵ "What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

⁸ That is why the field is called to this day "The Field of Blood."

¹⁰ For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

¹⁴ Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!"

¹³ On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James. ¹⁴ All these men resorted with one mind to prayer, together with the women, with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers. ¹⁵ Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together). ¹⁶ "My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry. ¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out — ¹⁹ a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood. ²⁰ Now it is written in the book of psalms, Desolate be his residence, may no one dwell in it: also, let another man take over his charge. ²¹ Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection." ²³ So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias; ²⁴ and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen ²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place." ²⁶ Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, who was assigned his position with the eleven apostles.

¹⁵ Besides, we are detected bearing false witness to God by affirming of him that he raised Christ — whom he did not raise, if after all dead men never rise.

²⁸ I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

⁹ And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;

²³ that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)

²⁷ All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father — nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

³² He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father; ³³ he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and to his reign there will be no end."

²² "All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

³⁵ the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything.

²² Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son, ²³ that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.) ²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life. ²⁵ Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live; ²⁶ for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷ and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man.

³ the Father had put everything into his hands — knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

² since thou hast granted him power over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given to him.

³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

³⁶ You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);

⁹ it was for this that Christ died and rose and came to life, to be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

²⁷ For God has put everything under his feet. When it is said that everything has been put under him, plainly that excludes Him who put everything under him;

²⁰ which he exerted in raising Christ from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly sphere, ²¹ above all the angelic Rulers, Authorities, Powers, and Lords, above every Name that is to be named not only in this age but in the age to come — ²² he has put everything under his feet and set him as head over everything for the church,

⁹ Therefore God raised him high and conferred on him a Name above all names, ¹⁰ so that before the Name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven, on earth, and underneath the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁶ for it was by him that all things were created both in heaven and on earth, both the seen and the unseen, including Thrones, angelic Lords, celestial Powers and Rulers; all things have been created by him and for him; ¹⁷ he is prior to all, and all coheres in him. ¹⁸ Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead — that gives him pre-eminence over all. ¹⁹ For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,

¹⁰ it is in him that you reach your full life, and he is the Head of every angelic Ruler and Power;

² but in these days at the end he has spoken to us by a Son — a Son whom he appointed heir of the universe, as it was by him that he created the world.

⁸ putting all things under his feet. Now by putting all things under him, the writer meant to leave nothing out of his control. But, as it is, we do not yet see all things controlled by man;

²² who is at God's right hand — for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices followed in heaven, crying, "The rule of the world has passed to our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever."

¹⁴ They will wage war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings — the Lamb and the elect, the chosen, the faithful who are with him."

¹⁶ And on his robe, upon his thigh, his name is written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹⁶ Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him. ¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

⁵² So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature: ¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony.

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

³⁸ "Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is meant for you and for your children and for all who are far off, for anyone whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

⁴¹ So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.

¹² But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women; ¹³ indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place. ¹⁴ When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they despatched Peter and John, ¹⁵ who came down and prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit. ¹⁶ (As yet it had not fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

³⁶ As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?" ³⁷ -- ³⁸ So he ordered the chariot to stop. Both of them stepped into the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch.

¹⁸ In a moment something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized.

⁴⁷ "Can anyone refuse water for the baptism of these people — people who have received the holy Spirit just as we ourselves have?" ⁴⁸ And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain for some days.

⁴⁶ So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles! ⁴⁷ For these are the Lord's orders to us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the end of the earth."

²¹ and after preaching the gospel to that town and making a number of disciples, they turned back to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

¹⁵ When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come. ¹⁶ Now it happened as we went to the place of prayer that a slave-girl met us, possessed by a spirit of ventriloquism, and a source of great profit to her owners by her power of fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are servants of the Most High God, they proclaim to you the way of salvation!" ¹⁸ She did this for a number of days. Then Paul turned in annoyance and told the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you out of her!" And it left her that very moment. ¹⁹ But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum. ²⁰ Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town; ²¹ they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!" ²² The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods, ²³ had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened, ²⁶ all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened. ²⁷ When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape; ²⁸ but Paul shouted aloud, "Do not harm yourself, we are all here!" ²⁹ So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out (after securing the other prisoners). "Sirs," he said, "what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," they said, "and then you will be saved, you and your household as well." ³² And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all in his house. ³³ Then he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds and got baptized instantly, he and all his family.

³ "Then," said he, "what were you baptized in?" "In John's baptism," they replied. ⁴ "John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." ⁵ When they heard this, they had themselves baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

²⁸ Be sure of this, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen to it."

³ Surely you know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death! ⁴ Our baptism in his death made us share his burial, so that, as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live and move in the new sphere of Life.

¹⁸ But, I ask, "Have they never heard?" Indeed they have. Their voice carried over all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

¹³ Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized? ¹⁴ I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶ (Well, I did baptize the household of Stephanas, but no one else, as far as I remember.)

⁴ There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit; ⁵ varieties of service, but the same Lord; ⁶ varieties of effects, but the same God who effects everything in everyone.

²⁹ Otherwise, if there is no such thing as a resurrection, what is the meaning of people getting baptized on behalf of their dead? If dead men do not rise at all, why do people get baptized on their behalf?

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with you all.

²⁷ (for all of you who had yourselves baptized into Christ have taken on the character of Christ).

¹⁸ for it is through him that we both enjoy our access to the Father in one Spirit.

²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

²¹ Baptism, the counterpart of that, saves you to-day (not the mere washing of dirt from the flesh but the prayer for a clean conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ

⁷ The Spirit is the witness to this, for the Spirit is truth.

⁴ John to the seven churches in Asia: grace be to you and peace from HE WHO IS AND WAS AND IS COMING, and from the seven Spirits before his throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead, and the prince over the kings of earth; to him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins by shedding his blood — ⁶ he has made us a realm of priests for his God and Father, — to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever: Amen.

²³ The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

¹³ and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

²⁴ Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock. ²⁶ And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell — with a mighty crash."

³⁹ the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ Well then, just as the weeds are gathered and burnt in the fire, so will it be at the end of the world;

⁴⁹ So will it be at the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the just

²⁰ For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

²⁰ while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

¹⁸ I will not leave you forlorn; I am coming to you. ¹⁹ A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too. ²⁰ You will understand, on that day, that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. ²¹ He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him." ²² "Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

⁴² They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in a vision by night, "Have no fear, speak on and never stop, ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one shall attack and injure you; I have many people in this city."

²⁰ how I never shrank from letting you know anything for your good, or from teaching you alike in public and from house to house, ²¹ bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷ I never shrank from letting you know the entire purpose of God.

² I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

²³ I passed on to you what I received from the Lord himself, namely, that on the night he was betrayed the Lord Jesus took a loaf,

³⁷ If anyone considers himself a prophet or gifted with the Spirit, let him understand that what I write to you is a command of the Lord.

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ, ¹³ till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ — ¹⁴ instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error; ¹⁵ we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him, ¹⁶ as the entire Body is welded together and compacted by every joint with which it is supplied, the due activity of each part enables the Body to grow and build itself up in love. ¹⁷ Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,

²⁰ That is not how you have understood the meaning of Christ ²¹ (for it is Christ whom you have been taught, it is in Christ that you have been instructed — the real Christ who is in Jesus); ²² you must lay aside the old nature which belonged to your former course of life, that nature which crumbles to ruin under the passions of moral deceit, ²³ and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ putting on the new nature, that divine pattern which has been created in the upright and pious character of the Truth. ²⁵ Lay aside falsehood, then, let each tell his neighbour the truth, for we are members one of another. ²⁶ Be angry but do not sin; never let the sun set upon your exasperation, ²⁷ give the devil no chance. ²⁸ Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy. ²⁹ Let no bad word pass your lips, but only such speech as is good for edification, as occasion may require, words that are gracious and a means of grace to those who hear them. ³⁰ And do not vex God's holy Spirit, by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice; ³² be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.

²⁸ This is the Christ we proclaim; we train everyone and teach everyone the full scope of this knowledge, in order to set everyone before God mature in Christ;

¹ Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further. ² You remember the instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus.

⁶ Brothers, we charge you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to shun any brother who is loafing, instead of following the rule you got from us. ⁷ For you know quite well how to copy us; we did not loaf in your midst, ⁸ we did not take free meals from anyone; no, toiling hard at our trade, we worked night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you. ⁹ Not that we have no right to such support; it was simply to give you a pattern to copy. ¹⁰ We used to charge you even when we were with you, 'If a man will not work, he shall not eat.' ¹¹ But we are informed that some of your number are loafing, busybodies instead of busy. ¹² Now in the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to keep quiet, to do their work and earn their own living.

¹ Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect — otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine. ² Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach. ³ Anyone who teaches novelties and refuses to fall in with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine that tallies with piety, ⁴ is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

¹⁷ But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

¹ You must instruct people in what is due to sound doctrine. ² Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, masters of themselves, sound in faith, in love, and in stedfastness. ³ Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; ⁴ they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be mistress of themselves, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands — otherwise it will be a scandal to the gospel. ⁶ Tell the young men also to be masters of themselves at all points; ⁷ set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching, ⁸ let your words be sound and such that no exception can be taken to them, so that the opposite side may be confounded by finding nothing that they can say to our discredit. ⁹ Tell servants to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction all round, not to be refractory, ¹⁰ not to embezzle, but to prove themselves truly faithful at all points, so as to be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Saviour in all respects.

¹⁰ you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied. ¹¹ Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul. ¹² Conduct yourselves properly before pagans; so that for all their slander of you as bad characters, they may come to glorify God when you are put upon your trial, by what they see of your good deeds. ¹³ Submit for the Lord's sake to any human authority; submit to the emperor as supreme, ¹⁴ and to governors as deputed by him for the punishment of wrongdoers and the encouragement of honest people — ¹⁵ for it is the will of God that by your honest lives you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish persons. ¹⁶ Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for misconduct; live like servants of God. ¹⁷ Do honour to all, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honour the emperor. ¹⁸ Servants, be submissive to your masters with perfect respect, not simply to those who are kind and reasonable but to the surly as well — ¹⁹ for it is a merit when from a sense of God one bears the pain of unjust suffering.

⁵ for this very reason, do you contrive to make it your whole concern to furnish your faith with resolution, resolution with intelligence, ⁶ intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety, ⁷ piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love. ⁸ For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins. ¹⁰ So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip; ¹¹ you will thus be richly furnished with the right of entry into the eternal realm of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

² to have you recollect the words spoken by the holy prophets beforehand and the command given by your apostles from the Lord and saviour.

³ This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands. ⁴ He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him;

¹⁹ Thus it is that we may be sure we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves ²⁰ whenever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and he knows all. ²¹ If our heart does not condemn us, beloved, then we have confidence in approaching God, ²² and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight. ²³ Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do; ²⁴ he who obeys his commands remains within him — and He remains within him. And this is how we may be sure he remains within us, by means of the Spirit he has given us.

¹⁸ I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

¹⁴ Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

²⁰ He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come! ²¹ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.