5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. 6 He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Yeshua, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’ ”
8 They went out,† and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.‡
9 §Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Miriam Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
12 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them as they walked, on their way into the country. 13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.
14 Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen. 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to the whole creation. 16 He who believes and is immersed will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
19 So then the Lord,† after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
† 1:2 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
* 1:2 Malachi 3:1
* 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
‡ 1:4 or, immersing
§ 1:8 The Greek word (en) translated here as “in” could also be translated as “with” in some contexts.
† 1:31 NU omits “immediately”.
† 3:29 NU reads, guilty of an eternal sin.
‡ 3:32 TR omits “your sisters”
† 4:4 TR adds “of the air”
* 4:12 Isaiah 6:9-10
‡ 4:21 literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 liters)
† 6:33 TR reads “The multitudes” instead of “They”
‡ 6:37 200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer.
§ 6:44 TR adds “about”
* 6:48 See Job 9:8
† 6:50 or, “I AM!”
‡ 6:56 or, tassel
* 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
* 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
* 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
† 7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
‡ 7:16 NU omits verse 16.
§ 7:19 NU ends Yeshua’s direct quote and question after “latrine”, ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
† 8:12 The word translated “generation” here (genea) could also be translated “people”, “race”, or “family”.
† 9:43 or, Hell
* 9:44 Isaiah 66:24
‡ 9:44 NU omits verse 44.
§ 9:45 or, Hell
† 9:46 NU omits verse 46.
‡ 9:47 or, Hell
* 9:48 Isaiah 66:24
* 10:6 Genesis 1:27
* 10:8 Genesis 2:24
* 10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
† 10:51 Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
† 11:1 TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
‡ 11:9 “Hoshia’na” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
* 11:9 Psalms 118:25-26
* 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
* 11:17 Jeremiah 7:11
§ 11:26 NU omits verse 26.
* 12:11 Psalms 118:22-23
* 12:26 Exodus 3:6
* 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5
* 12:31 Leviticus 19:18
* 12:36 Psalms 110:1
† 12:42 literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
‡ 12:42 A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
† 13:6 or, “I AM!”
* 13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11
* 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
‡ 13:30 The word translated “generation” (genea) could also be translated “race”, “family”, or “people”.
† 14:5 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
* 14:27 Zechariah 13:7
‡ 14:36 Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
† 15:25 9:00 a.m.
‡ 15:28 NU omits verse 28.
§ 15:32 TR omits “him”
† 15:33 or, noon
‡ 15:33 3:00 p.m.
* 15:34 Psalms 22:1
† 16:8 TR adds “quickly”
‡ 16:8 One isolated manuscript omits verses 9-20 but adds this “short ending of Mark” to the end of verse 8: They told all that had been commanded them briefly to those around Peter. After that, Yeshua himself sent them out, from east to west, with the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
§ 16:9 NU includes the text of verses 9-20, but mentions in a footnote that a few manuscripts omitted it. The translators of the World English Bible regard Mark 16:9-20 as reliable based on an overwhelming majority of textual evidence, including not only the authoritative Greek Majority Text New Testament, but also the TR and many of the manuscripts cited in the NU text.
† 16:19 NU adds “Yeshua”
Luke
The Good News According to Luke
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1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, 2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus; 4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisheva. 6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elisheva was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
8 Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division 9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elisheva, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yochanan. 14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’* and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
18 Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 Behold,† you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
21 The people were waiting for Zechariah, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute. 23 When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. 24 After these days Elisheva his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, 25 “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Miriam. 28 Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
29 But when she saw him, she
