³ He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days^[a] and speaking about the kingdom of God.^(A)

^8 [a]But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you,^(A) and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

³⁹ We are witnesses^[a] of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and [in] Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.

⁴¹ not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.^(A)

⁸ Then they went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce^[a] this to his disciples. ^9 [b](A)And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

The Report of the Guard.^[c]

^16 (A)The eleven^[a] disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. ^17 [b]When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. ^18 [c](B)Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ^19 (C)Go, therefore,^[d] and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, ^20 (D)teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.^[e] And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

The Longer Ending^[a]

The Appearance to Mary Magdalene. [^9 (A)When he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

The Appearance to Two Disciples. ^12 (A)After this he appeared in another form to two of them walking along on their way to the country. ¹³ They returned and told the others; but they did not believe them either.

The Commissioning of the Eleven. ^14 (B)[But] later, as the eleven were at table, he appeared to them and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had been raised. ^15 (C)He said to them, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. ¹⁸ They will pick up serpents [with their hands], and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”^(D)

The Ascension of Jesus. ¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.^{(E) 20} But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.]^(F)

The Shorter Ending

[And they reported all the instructions briefly to Peter’s companions. Afterwards Jesus himself, through them, sent forth from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.]

¹³ Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles^[a] from Jerusalem called Emmaus,^{(A) 14} and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. ¹⁵ And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, ^16 [b](B)but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. ¹⁷ He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” ¹⁹ And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,^{(C) 20} how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. ^21 (D)But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. ^22 (E)Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning ²³ and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. ^24 (F)Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” ^25 (G)And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! ²⁶ Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer^[c] these things and enter into his glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.^{(H) 28} As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. ²⁹ But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹ With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. ³² Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” ³³ So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them ³⁴ who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”^{(I) 35} Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

The Appearance to the Disciples in Jerusalem. ^36 [d]While they were still speaking about this,^(J) he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”^{(K) 37} But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.^{(L) 38} Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? ^39 [e]Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” ^40 (M)And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹ While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave him a piece of baked fish;^{(N) 43} he took it and ate it in front of them.

⁴⁴ He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”^{(O) 45} Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.^{(P) 46 [f]}And he said to them,^(Q) “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day ⁴⁷ and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.^{(R) 48} You are witnesses of these things.^{(S) 49} And [behold] I am sending the promise of my Father^[g] upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”^(T)

The Ascension.^{[h] 50 (U)}Then he led them [out] as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. ⁵¹ As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. ⁵² They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,^{(V) 53} and they were continually in the temple praising God.^[i]