Post-Resurrection Appearances of Christ Scriptures Excerpts

Post-Resurrection Appearances of Christ

First Appearance Mary Magdalene

M ARK 1 6:9-1 1 N OW WH EN H E ROSE EARLY ON TH E FIRST DAY OF TH E WEEK, H E APPEARED FIRST TO M ARY M AG DALEN E, OUT OF WH OM H E H AD C AST SEVEN DEMON S. SH E WEN T AN D TOLD TH OSE WH O H AD BEEN WITH H IM, AS TH EY MOURN ED AN D WEPT. AN D WH EN TH EY H EARD TH AT H E WAS ALIVE AN D H AD BEEN SEEN BY H ER, TH EY DID N OT BELIEVE.

JOH N 20:1 1 -1 8 BUT M ARY STOOD OUTSIDE BY TH E TOMB WEEPIN G, AN D AS SH E WEPT SH E STOOPED DOWN AN D LOOKED IN TO TH E TOMB. AN D SH E SAW TWO AN G ELS IN WH ITE SITTIN G, ON E AT TH E H EAD AN D TH E OTH ER AT TH E FEET, WH ERE TH E BODY OF JESUS H AD LAIN. TH EN TH EY SAID TO H ER, WOMAN, WH Y ARE YOU WEEPIN G? SH E SAID TO TH EM, BEC AUSE TH EY H AVE TAKEN AWAY MY L ORD, AN D I DO N OT KN OW WH ERE TH EY H AVE LAID H IM.

JOH N 20:1 1 -1 8 N OW WH EN SH E H AD SAID TH IS, SH E TURN ED AROUN D AN D SAW JESUS STAN DIN G TH ERE, AN D DID N OT KN OW TH AT IT WAS JESUS. JESUS SAID TO H ER, WOMAN, WH Y ARE YOU WEEPIN G? WH OM ARE YOU SEEKIN G? SH E, SUPPOSIN G H IM TO BE TH E G ARDEN ER, SAID TO H IM, SIR, IF YOU H AVE C ARRIED H IM AWAY, TELL ME WH ERE YOU H AVE LAID H IM, AN D I WILL TAKE H IM AWAY.

JOH N 20:1 1 -1 8 JESUS SAID TO H ER, MARY! SH E TURN ED AN D SAID TO H IM, RABBON I! (WH IC H IS TO SAY, TEAC H ER). JESUS SAID TO H ER, DO N OT C LIN G TO M E, FOR I H AVE N OT YET ASC EN DED TO M Y FATH ER; BUT G O TO M Y BRETH REN AN D SAY TO TH EM, I AM ASC EN DIN G TO M Y FATH ER AN D YOUR FATH ER, AN D TO M Y G OD AN D YOUR G OD.' MARY M AG DALEN E C AME AN D TOLD TH E DISC IPLES TH AT SH E H AD SEEN TH E L ORD, AN D TH AT H E H AD SPOKEN TH ESE TH IN G S TO H ER.

Second Appearance The Other Women

M ATTH EW 28:8-1 0 SO TH EY WEN T OUT QUIC KLY FROM TH E TOMB WITH FEAR AN D G REAT JOY, AN D RAN TO BRIN G H IS DISC IPLES WORD. AN D AS TH EY WEN T TO TELL H IS DISC IPLES, BEH OLD, JESUS MET TH EM, SAYIN G, REJOIC E! SO TH EY C AME AN D H ELD H IM BY TH E FEET AN D WORSH IPED H IM. TH EN JESUS SAID TO TH EM, DO N OT BE AFRAID. G O AN D TELL M Y BRETH REN TO G O TO G ALILEE, AN D TH ERE TH EY WILL SEE M E.

Third Appearance Cleopas and His Companion

M ARK 1 6:1 2-1 3 AFTER TH AT, H E APPEARED IN AN OTH ER FORM TO TWO OF TH EM AS TH EY WALKED AN D WEN T IN TO TH E C OUN TRY. AN D TH EY WEN T AN D TOLD IT TO TH E REST, BUT TH EY DID N OT BELIEVE TH EM EITH ER.

L UKE 24:1 3-32 N OW BEH OLD, TWO OF TH EM WERE TRAVELIN G TH AT SAME DAY TO A VILLAG E C ALLED EMMAUS, WH IC H WAS SEVEN MILES FROM JERUSALEM. AN D TH EY TALKED TOG ETH ER OF ALL TH ESE TH IN G S WH IC H H AD H APPEN ED. SO IT WAS, WH ILE TH EY C ON VERSED AN D REASON ED, TH AT JESUS H IMSELF DREW N EAR AN D WEN T WITH TH EM. BUT TH EIR EYES WERE RESTRAIN ED, SO TH AT TH EY DID N OT KN OW H IM.

L UKE 24:1 3-32 AN D H E SAID TO TH EM, WH AT KIN D OF C ON VERSATION IS TH IS TH AT YOU H AVE WITH ON E AN OTH ER AS YOU WALK AN D ARE SAD? TH EN TH E ON E WH OSE N AME WAS C LEOPAS AN SWERED AN D SAID TO H IM, ARE YOU TH E ON LY STRAN G ER IN JERUSALEM, AN D H AVE YOU N OT KN OWN TH E TH IN G S WH IC H H APPEN ED TH ERE IN TH ESE DAYS?

L UKE 24:1 3-32 AN D H E SAID TO TH EM, WH AT TH IN G S? SO TH EY SAID TO H IM, TH E TH IN G S C ON C ERN IN G JESUS OF N AZARETH, WH O WAS A PROPH ET MIG H TY IN DEED AN D WORD BEFORE G OD AN D ALL TH E PEOPLE, AN D H OW TH E C H IEF PRIESTS AN D OUR RULERS DELIVERED H IM TO BE C ON DEMN ED TO DEATH, AN D C RUC IFIED H IM.

L UKE 24:1 3-32 BUT WE WERE H OPIN G TH AT IT WAS H E WH O WAS G OIN G TO REDEEM ISRAEL. IN DEED, BESIDES ALL TH IS, TODAY IS TH E TH IRD DAY SIN C E TH ESE TH IN G S H APPEN ED. YES, AN D C ERTAIN WOMEN OF OUR C OMPAN Y, WH O ARRIVED AT TH E TOMB EARLY, ASTON ISH ED US. WH EN TH EY DID N OT FIN D H IS BODY, TH EY C AME SAYIN G TH AT TH EY H AD ALSO SEEN A VISION OF AN G ELS WH O SAID H E WAS ALIVE.

L UKE 24:1 3-32 AN D C ERTAIN OF TH OSE WH O WERE WITH US WEN T TO TH E TOMB AN D FOUN D IT JUST AS TH E WOMEN H AD SAID; BUT H IM TH EY DID N OT SEE. TH EN H E SAID TO TH EM, O FOOLISH ON ES, AN D SLOW OF H EART TO BELIEVE IN ALL TH AT TH E PROPH ETS H AVE SPOKEN! OUG H T N OT TH E C H RIST TO H AVE SUFFERED TH ESE TH IN G S AN D TO EN TER IN TO H IS G LORY?

L UKE 24:1 3-32 AN D BEG IN N IN G AT M OSES AN D ALL TH E PROPH ETS, H E EXPOUN DED TO TH EM IN ALL TH E SC RIPTURES TH E TH IN G S C ON C ERN IN G H IMSELF. TH EN TH EY DREW N EAR TO TH E VILLAG E WH ERE TH EY WERE G OIN G, AN D H E IN DIC ATED TH AT H E WOULD H AVE G ON E FARTH ER. BUT TH EY C ON STRAIN ED H IM, SAYIN G, ABIDE WITH US, FOR IT IS TOWARD EVEN IN G, AN D TH E DAY IS FAR SPEN T. AN D H E WEN T IN TO STAY WITH TH EM.

L UKE 24:1 3-32 N OW IT C AME TO PASS, AS H E SAT AT TH E TABLE WITH TH EM, TH AT H E TOOK BREAD, BLESSED AN D BROKE IT, AN D G AVE IT TO TH EM. TH EN TH EIR EYES WERE OPEN ED AN D TH EY KN EW H IM; AN D H E VAN ISH ED FROM TH EIR SIG H T. AN D TH EY SAID TO ON E AN OTH ER, DID N OT OUR H EART BURN WITH IN US WH ILE H E TALKED WITH US ON TH E ROAD, AN D WH ILE H E OPEN ED TH E SC RIPTURES TO US?

Fourth Appearance Simon Peter

L UKE 24:33-35 SO TH EY ROSE UP TH AT VERY H OUR AN D RETURN ED TO JERUSALEM, AN D FOUN D TH E ELEVEN AN D TH OSE WH O WERE WITH TH EM G ATH ERED TOG ETH ER, SAYIN G, TH E L ORD IS RISEN IN DEED, AN D H AS APPEARED TO SIMON! AN D TH EY TOLD ABOUT TH E TH IN G S TH AT H AD H APPEN ED ON TH E ROAD, AN D H OW H E WAS KN OWN TO TH EM IN TH E BREAKIN G OF BREAD.

1 C ORIN TH IAN S 1 5:3-5 FOR I DELIVERED TO YOU FIRST OF ALL TH AT WH IC H I ALSO REC EIVED: TH AT C H RIST DIED FOR OUR SIN S AC C ORDIN G TO TH E SC RIPTURES, AN D TH AT H E WAS BURIED, AN D TH AT H E ROSE AG AIN TH E TH IRD DAY AC C ORDIN G TO TH E SC RIPTURES, AN D TH AT H E WAS SEEN BY C EPH AS, TH EN BY TH E TWELVE.

Fifth Appearance Ten Apostles

JOH N 20:1 9-25 TH EN, TH E SAME DAY AT EVEN IN G, BEIN G TH E FIRST DAY OF TH E WEEK, WH EN TH E DOORS WERE SH UT WH ERE TH E DISC IPLES WERE ASSEMBLED, FOR FEAR OF TH E JEWS, JESUS C AME AN D STOOD IN TH E MIDST, AN D SAID TO TH EM, PEAC E BE WITH YOU. WH EN H E H AD SAID TH IS, H E SH OWED TH EM H IS H AN DS AN D H IS SIDE. TH EN TH E DISC IPLES WERE G LAD WH EN TH EY SAW TH E L ORD.

JOH N 20:1 9-25 SO JESUS SAID TO TH EM AG AIN, PEAC E TO YOU! AS TH E FATH ER H AS SEN T M E, I ALSO SEN D YOU. AN D WH EN H E H AD SAID TH IS, H E BREATH ED ON TH EM, AN D SAID TO TH EM, REC EIVE TH E H OLY SPIRIT. IF YOU FORG IVE TH E SIN S OF AN Y, TH EY ARE FORG IVEN TH EM; IF YOU RETAIN TH E SIN S OF AN Y, TH EY ARE RETAIN ED.

JOH N 20:1 9-25 N OW TH OMAS, C ALLED TH E TWIN, ON E OF TH E TWELVE, WAS N OT WITH TH EM WH EN JESUS C AME. TH E OTH ER DISC IPLES TH EREFORE SAID TO H IM, WE H AVE SEEN TH E L ORD. SO H E SAID TO TH EM, UN LESS I SEE IN H IS H AN DS TH E PRIN T OF TH E N AILS, AN D PUT MY FIN G ER IN TO TH E PRIN T OF TH E N AILS, AN D PUT MY H AN D IN TO H IS SIDE, I WILL N OT BELIEVE.

Sixth Appearance The Eleven Apostles

JOH N 20:26-28 AN D AFTER EIG H T DAYS H IS DISC IPLES WERE AG AIN IN SIDE, AN D TH OMAS WITH TH EM. JESUS C AME, TH E DOORS BEIN G SH UT, AN D STOOD IN TH E MIDST, AN D SAID, PEAC E TO YOU! TH EN H E SAID TO TH OMAS, REAC H YOUR FIN G ER H ERE, AN D LOOK AT M Y H AN DS; AN D REAC H YOUR H AN D H ERE, AN D PUT IT IN TO M Y SIDE. D O N OT BE UN BELIEVIN G, BUT BELIEVIN G. AN D TH OMAS AN SWERED AN D SAID TO H IM, MY L ORD AN D MY G OD!

Seventh Appearance The Apostles at the Sea of Tiberias

JOH N 21 :1 -7 AFTER TH ESE TH IN G S JESUS SH OWED H IMSELF AG AIN TO TH E DISC IPLES AT TH E SEA OF TIBERIAS, AN D IN TH IS WAY H E SH OWED H IMSELF: SIMON PETER, TH OMAS C ALLED TH E TWIN, N ATH AN AEL OF C AN A IN G ALILEE, TH E SON S OF ZEBEDEE, AN D TWO OTH ERS OF H IS DISC IPLES WERE TOG ETH ER. SIMON PETER SAID TO TH EM, I AM G OIN G FISH IN G.

JOH N 21 :1 -7 SIMON PETER SAID TO TH EM, I AM G OIN G FISH IN G. TH EY SAID TO H IM, WE ARE G OIN G WITH YOU ALSO. TH EY WEN T OUT AN D IMMEDIATELY G OT IN TO TH E BOAT, AN D TH AT N IG H T TH EY C AUG H T N OTH IN G. BUT WH EN TH E MORN IN G H AD N OW C OME, JESUS STOOD ON TH E SH ORE; YET TH E DISC IPLES DID N OT KN OW TH AT IT WAS JESUS. TH EN JESUS SAID TO TH EM, CH ILDREN, H AVE YOU AN Y FOOD? TH EY AN SWERED H IM, NO.

JOH N 21 :1 -7 AN D H E SAID TO TH EM, CAST TH E N ET ON TH E RIG H T SIDE OF TH E BOAT, AN D YOU WILL FIN D SOME. SO TH EY C AST, AN D N OW TH EY WERE N OT ABLE TO DRAW IT IN BEC AUSE OF TH E MULTITUDE OF FISH. TH EREFORE TH AT DISC IPLE WH OM JESUS LOVED SAID TO PETER, IT IS TH E L ORD! NOW WH EN SIMON PETER H EARD TH AT IT WAS TH E L ORD, H E PUT ON H IS OUTER G ARMEN T (FOR H E H AD REMOVED IT), AN D PLUN G ED IN TO TH E SEA.

Eighth Appearance More than Five Hundred in Galilee

M ATH EW 28:1 6-1 7 TH EN TH E ELEVEN DISC IPLES WEN T AWAY IN TO G ALILEE, TO TH E MOUN TAIN WH IC H JESUS H AD APPOIN TED FOR TH EM. WH EN TH EY SAW H IM, TH EY WORSH IPED H IM; BUT SOME DOUBTED.

1 C ORIN TH IAN S 1 5:6 AFTER TH AT H E WAS SEEN BY OVER FIVE H UN DRED BRETH REN AT ON C E, OF WH OM TH E G REATER PART REMAIN TO TH E PRESEN T, BUT SOME H AVE FALLEN ASLEEP.

Ninth and Tenth Appearances By James and All the Apostles

1 C ORIN TH IAN S 1 5:7 AFTER TH AT H E WAS SEEN BY JAMES, TH EN BY ALL TH E APOSTLES.

M ARK 1 9:1 9-20 SO TH EN, AFTER TH E L ORD H AD SPOKEN TO TH EM, H E WAS REC EIVED UP IN TO H EAVEN, AN D SAT DOWN AT TH E RIG H T H AN D OF G OD. AN D TH EY WEN T OUT AN D PREAC H ED EVERYWH ERE, TH E L ORD WORKIN G WITH TH EM AN D C ON FIRMIN G TH E WORD TH ROUG H TH E AC C OMPAN YIN G SIG N S. AMEN.

L UKE 24:50-52 AN D H E LED TH EM OUT AS FAR AS BETH AN Y, AN D H E LIFTED UP H IS H AN DS AN D BLESSED TH EM. N OW IT C AME TO PASS, WH ILE H E BLESSED TH EM, TH AT H E WAS PARTED FROM TH EM AN D C ARRIED UP IN TO H EAVEN. AN D TH EY WORSH IPED H IM, AN D RETURN ED TO JERUSALEM WITH G REAT JOY, AN D WERE C ON TIN UALLY IN TH E TEMPLE PRAISIN G AN D BLESSIN G G OD. AMEN.

Eleventh Appearance Saul of Tarsus

AC TS 9:3-6 AS H E JOURN EYED H E C AME N EAR D AMASC US, AN D SUDDEN LY A LIG H T SH ON E AROUN D H IM FROM H EAVEN. TH EN H E FELL TO TH E G ROUN D, AN D H EARD A VOIC E SAYIN G TO H IM, SAUL, SAUL, WH Y ARE YOU PERSEC UTIN G M E? AN D H E SAID, WH O ARE YOU, L ORD? TH EN TH E L ORD SAID, I AM JESUS, WH OM YOU ARE PERSEC UTIN G. IT IS H ARD FOR YOU TO KIC K AG AIN ST TH E G OADS.

AC TS 9:3-6 SO H E, TREMBLIN G AN D ASTON ISH ED, SAID, LORD, WH AT DO YOU WAN T ME TO DO? TH EN TH E L ORD SAID TO H IM, ARISE AN D G O IN TO TH E C ITY, AN D YOU WILL BE TOLD WH AT YOU MUST DO.