The Resurrection Accounts

I think it's really's neat that the Bible give us multiple views of the life of Christ and other events. I believe God did that to confirm to us that it really took place and gave us four men's account of the same events. Each with a different vantage point and, or slightly more detail (in areas) than the others. We wouldn't (by nature, typically) take the words of one man. We are more likely to believe if there are witnesses with the same similar story. Would we not?  So, He gave us four (from what I have read other accounts in other books are more "re-callings" than the story) ! How good of Him to take into consideration our skeptical minds! I think it shows us the extent of love God has for us. How He truly wants us to believe His word as it is written in 2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 


God allowed it to given to us in such a way for our benefit! He is good to us in so many ways! More ways than we know or ever will know! We give Him so little of our time. It has been preying on my heart for some time now. I mean how would you feel if you did things on a regular basis for someone and they never noticed? Only seeing the BIG things you do? God must feel this way all the time! 

Anyway did mean to get of on a rabbit trail. : /

So I would like to give you all the vantage points of the 

Resurrection of our Lord and Savior! 

Hope you find it as fascinating as I have! 

Matthew 28


¹In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
 ²And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
 ³His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
 ⁴And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
 ⁵And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
 ⁶He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
 ⁷And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
 ⁸And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
 ⁹And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
 ¹⁰Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
 ¹¹Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
 ¹²And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
 ¹³Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
 ¹⁴And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
 ¹⁵So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
 ¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
 ¹⁷And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
 ¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
 ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
 ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark 16

 ¹And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
 ²And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
 ³And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
 ⁴And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
 ⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
 ⁶And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
 ⁷But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
 ⁸And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
 ⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
 ¹⁰And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
 ¹¹And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
 ¹²After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
 ¹³And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
 ¹⁴Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
 ¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
 ¹⁶He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
 ¹⁷And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
 ¹⁸They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
 ¹⁹So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
 ²⁰And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Luke 24

 ¹Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
 ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
 ³And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
 ⁴And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
 ⁵And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
 ⁶He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
 ⁷Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
 ⁸And they remembered his words,
 ⁹And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
 ¹⁰It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
 ¹¹And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
 ¹²Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
 ¹³And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
 ¹⁴And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
 ¹⁵And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
 ¹⁶But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
 ¹⁷And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
 ¹⁸And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
 ¹⁹And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
 ²⁰And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
 ²¹But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
 ²²Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
 ²³And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
 ²⁴And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
 ²⁵Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
 ²⁶Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
 ²⁷And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 ²⁸And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
 ²⁹But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
 ³⁰And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
 ³¹And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
 ³²And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
 ³³And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
 ³⁴Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
 ³⁵And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
 ³⁶And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
 ³⁷But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
 ³⁸And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
 ³⁹Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
 ⁴⁰And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
 ⁴¹And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
 ⁴²And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
 ⁴³And he took it, and did eat before them.
 ⁴⁴And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
 ⁴⁵Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
 ⁴⁶And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
 ⁴⁷And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
 ⁴⁸And ye are witnesses of these things.
 ⁴⁹And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
 ⁵⁰And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
 ⁵¹And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
 ⁵²And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
 ⁵³And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

John 20


¹The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
 ²Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
 ³Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
 ⁴So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
 ⁵And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
 ⁶Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
 ⁷And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
 ⁸Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
 ⁹For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
 ¹⁰Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
 ¹¹But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
 ¹²And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
 ¹³And 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.
 ¹⁴And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
 ¹⁵Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
 ¹⁶Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
 ¹⁷Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
 ¹⁸Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
 ¹⁹Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
 ²⁰And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
 ²¹Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
 ²²And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
 ²³Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
 ²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
 ²⁵The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But 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.
 ²⁶And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
 ²⁷Then 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.
 ²⁸And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
 ²⁹Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
 ³⁰And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
 ³¹But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

John 21

 ¹After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
 ²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
 ³Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
 ⁴But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
 ⁵Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
 ⁶And 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.
 ⁷Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
 ⁸And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
 ⁹As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
 ¹⁰Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
 ¹¹Simon Peter went up, and drew 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.
 ¹²Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
 ¹³Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
 ¹⁴This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
 ¹⁵So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
 ¹⁶He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
 ¹⁷He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
 ¹⁸Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
 ¹⁹This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
 ²⁰Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
 ²¹Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
 ²²Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
 ²³Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
 ²⁴This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
 ²⁵And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

Happy Resurrection Sunday! 

May we joy in the life that Christ has given us and praise His name!

Hosanna in the highest!