He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,

Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

Now during the blessing he departed and was taken up into heaven.

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

Jesus replied, “Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”

Jesus replied, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Jesus answered, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,