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Rev Brendan Edwards

The Four Faces of Jesus Part 3

Luke’s Gospel

Luke was a doctor- described things in more detail and Paul’s close friend (see Hebrews)
Shows Jesus as the man who can relate/ connect/ sympathise with everyone

Jesus is fully man
(Luke gives detail of Jesus’ suffering)

41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22:41-44

Jesus is the perfect High Priest
(Note the theme of Priest all through the Gospel)

Chapter 1- Zechariah (high priest) Sees God and cannot speak, cannot bless the people
Chapter 24- Jesus blesses/ anoints His followers and is taken up to heaven- where He continually intercedes or us.
Chapter 4- Jesus reads Isaiah 61 in the temple

Luke 4:16-21
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.” 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

The high priest must be first born and be able to trace His lineage back to prove he was eligible
Chapter 3 – Jesus’ genealogy goes back to Adam- “First born” son of God, proving His validity

Jesus is the perfect High Priest
(6 characteristics of priestly role)

1) Compassion- He cares for all kinds of people
Luke Ch 7- Widow, adulteress woman
Ch 13- Cripple
Ch 17- the Lepers/ foreigners
Ch 19- Zacchaeus the tax collector
CH 22- High Priest’s servant (healed his ear)
Ch 23- Repentant thief on the cross
He cares for everyone- Jew and Gentile, Slave and free person, Male and Female

2) Fellowship- He’s always eating with people

Matthew – 3 times
Mark – 3 times
John – 4 times
Luke – 9 times
Note- The High Priest was not allowed to eat with regular people, Holy food only for his own family (Moses law) But Jesus bypasses this rule through the order of the High Priest of Melchizedek (Psalm 110, Hebrews 5, 7) (Melchizedek brought food to Abraham. Genesis 14)

3) Man of Prayer- More prayers of Jesus in Luke gospel than in others

Parables about Praying with persistence and humility- Luke 18

(Note) difference in Lord’s prayer from Matthew
Matthew “forgive us our debts”= King perspective
Luke “forgive us our sins” = Priest perspective
(the word “sinners” is mentioned more than in other gospels)
Matthew – 5 times
Mark – 6 times
John – 4 times
Luke – 18 times!

4) He introduces salvation “Sozo” to the lost
Luke 19
Story of Zacchaeus summarises the whole gospel
(Sympathy, association with sinners, fellowship, salvation)

Jericho had 12000 priests- none of them ministered to Zacchaeus- Jesus did.
Luke 19:9-10
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

5) Priest on a journey to Jerusalem (for the sacrifice)

Jerusalem mentioned
Matthew – 13 times
Mark – 13 times
John – 11 times
Luke – 33 times!

The whole gospel points toward His going to Jerusalem to officiate the sacrifice for the people as the perfect High Priest!

6) Jesus passes the anointing on to the next priests
(the disciples and us)

Luke 24:45-53 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” 50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

What does this mean for us?

1) Compassion- He cares for all kinds of people
2) Fellowship- He’s always eating with people
3) Man of Prayer-
4) Introduces salvation to the lost

5) Priest on a journey to Jerusalem (always on the mission)
6) Passes on the anointing to followers (we are now priests)

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Rev Brendan Edwards

The Four Faces of Jesus – Part 2

Mark – The Ox

Jesus the Servant

The theme of the Humble Servant in Mark (to the Romans)

Note the potential power in the oxen’s ability, but the gentle nature and softness in the eyes.
Power to work
Willingness to serve
Spirit of sacrifice (used in temple offerings)

Mark

doesn’t list any genealogy (Unlike Matthew or Luke) as a servant needs none.

Written to the Roman Christians (being a servant is opposite to their culture)

Main emphasis on Jesus’ actions/ miracles Rather than just His teaching (like in Matthew)
The Romans did not know the OT like the Jews did

Key verse is for the Servant Vs Greatness theme.
Mark 10:42-45
42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The Greek word “kurios” (meaning Lord/ master) is used:
25 times in Matthew
21 times in Luke
34 times in John
but only found twice in Mark (even then arguably) in Mark 7:28 and 9:24

Emphasising the servant aspect rather than Lord

Exhaustion of faithful labourer

As a faithful servant Jesus often got tired
and needed time to retreat by himself to be restored.
(mentioned more times than in other Gospels)

Ch 1- to outskirts of Capernaum, then to the wilderness
Ch 3- the shores of the Lake
Ch 6- to the villages of Galilee, wilderness of Bethsaida, mountains
Ch 7- to Borders of Tyre
Ch 8- to Ceasarea Philippi
Ch 9- to the heights of Hermon
Ch 14- Garden of Gethsemene
Apart from retreat time, He Hardly ever stops!
Like an Oxen can keep working steadily in the field

Almost every chapter in Mark starts with “And then” in the Greek and most word for word translations
(KJV)

(Not so much in other gospels)

Note: The theme of the Oxen is also the sacrifice

Mark is called a passion gospel more than the others (16 Chapters but the passion story starts at 10:32 -aprox 1/3 of the gospel)

In the “triumphant entry” to Jerusalem on passion week Mark 11 quotes Psalm 118 (about the sacrifice being brought in) rather than it just about the King entering the city (Zech 9:9) with the other Gospels
Note: The great commission in Mark is also focused on His people in action serving

Mark 16:15-18
15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

Note: In the last verses He is no longer the servant but risen Lord “kyrios”

Mark 16:19-20
19 After the Lord “Kyrios”Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

What does this mean for you?

-Powerful but humble (meek not weak)
-Willingness to serve
-Time out to be restored by the Father
-Spirit of sacrifice

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The Four Faces of Jesus, Part 1

The theme of King in Matthew

(More than in other Gospels)

The word king is used 24 times and The word kingdom is used 53 times

Matthew (a Jew) has this focus because the Jews are waiting for the Messiah to rescue them

Chapter 1- Genealogy to prove Jesus is a descendant of King David
Promised Messiah to come from David’s line
(Isaiah 11)

Jesus is the Messiah!

What Matthew learned and wanted to share….
The Kingdom of heaven:
– is not of this world
– is for sinners who repent
– is not for the religiously proud
– is for everyone (not just Jews)
Note Jesus title in Chapter 2:1-2 and 27:11

2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Matthew 2:1-2

11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,
“Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Matthew 27:11,37

37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him:
this is Jesus, the king of the Jews.

The Kingdom of heaven:
– is for sinners who repent Matt 9:10-13

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came
and ate with him and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

What Matthew learned and wanted to share….
The Kingdom of heaven: is not for the religiously proud
– is for everyone (not just Jews)

Matt 22: 1-15

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests….
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

What does this mean for you?
The Kingdom of heaven:
– is not of this world
– is for sinners who repent
– is not for the religiously proud
– is for everyone (not just Jews)

Matt 5: 3-10

3“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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The Word Became Flesh – Rev Brendan Edwards

John 1: 1-16 (NIV)

The Word Became Flesh

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

⁹The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ¹² Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

Footnotes

John 1:5 Or understood
John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who

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Modern Day Disciples – Rev Ray Albrecht

Matthew 10:1-15 (NIV)

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

¹ Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

²These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. ⁶Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. ⁷As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[^a^] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

⁹“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— ¹⁰no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. ¹¹Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. ¹²As you enter the home, give it your greeting. ¹³If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. ¹⁵Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Footnotes

Matthew 10:8 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

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Don’t become a Stumbling Block – LOVE MAKES A WAY – Tim Long.

1 Corinthians 8 (NIV)

Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols

8 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. ²Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. ³But whoever loves God is known by God.

⁴So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” ⁵For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), ⁶yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

⁷But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. ⁸But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

⁹Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? ¹¹So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. ¹²When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

Rom 13:9 “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Ps 133:1

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Matthew 18:6-7 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, they face severe consequences. It would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and that they should be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

Rom 14:15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

1 Cor 11:1¹Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Rom 14:13–21 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. ¹⁴I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. ¹⁵If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁸because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

¹⁹Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. ²⁰Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. ²¹It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

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Who gets into heaven then?

Tim Long

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:

But you were washed, It is more likely that “washed” refers to cleansing from sin and the old life that occurs when a person is born again and given life by God’s Spirit. This would be consistent with what Paul says in Titus 3:5, God saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

you were sanctified, Paul is simply referring to the first step of that process, where we are set apart as God’s people to live in a way that pleases Him you were justified You were justified” is a phrase that we cherish. It means to be considered righteous, to be considered just as if we had never sinned. It involves the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ being credited as our own. It is Jesus’ perfect score being put next to our name. [All those who are justified will also be glorified (receive resurrection bodies)] on the last day in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

This is the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ, His goodness counting as our own, which makes us ready to enter heaven. This great evangelical doctrine — that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone

DEAD TO SIN ALIVE TO CHRIST

Bible Hub tells us The “glory of the Father” refers to the radiant, weighty excellence of God the Father—His infinite majesty, holiness, power, and love—made known in creation, in salvation, and supremely in Jesus Christ. It is not just a title, but a way of describing what God is like in His very being and how He chooses to reveal Himself According to Heb 1 :3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

HOW DO WE LIVE THIS?

2 Cor. 4:16. “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” It is our duty to be “perfecting holiness in the fear of God,”

We can ask ourselves?;

“Will this thought, choice, or habit help me think more like Christ?” We can replace anxious or worldly fixation by regularly surrendering to God’s Word, prayer, repentance, and accountability, allowing the Spirit to renew your mind and form your character

The opposites of 1Corinthians 6:9+10

Sexually immoral → Sexual purity and faithfulness

The opposite of sexual immorality is living in line with God’s design for sex: within the covenant of marriage, marked by purity, self-control, and honouring the other person, not using them. This includes chastity before marriage [meaning the deliberate choice to refrain from sexual intercourse and any sexual activity that arouses or expresses sexual intimacy until marriage] and fidelity within marriage (a daily resolve to honour, protect, and prioritize the one-flesh bond of marriage choosing to stay with, forgive, serve, and work through conflict even when feelings wane or difficulties arise, because of the covenant and not just chemistry.).

Idolaters → Exclusive worship of the true God

It is summarized in the first commandment: “You shall have no other gods before Me.”

Adulterers → Faithful, pure relationships being emotionally and sexually loyal to one’s spouse, guarding the heart against temptation, and honoring the covenant of marriage

In a broader sense, it is purity in all relationships, avoiding lust and secrecy and instead practicing honesty and self-discipline.

Men who have sex with men → Sexual obedience to God’s design

In a traditional Christian reading, the opposite is sexual conduct that submits to God’s design for marriage and sexuality: either faithful, heterosexual marriage or sexual self-control, singleness, and purity outside marriage.

Thieves → honest, generous stewards who give and work rather than steal. Eph 4:28

The greedy → Be content, generous, and thankful people who seek God’s kingdom, not possessions.

Drunkards → Be sober, self-controlled, Spirit-filled believers. Eph 5:18

Slanderers → Be people who speak truth in love, building others up instead of tearing them down. Eph 4:29

Swindlers → Be honest, just, and fair-minded people who respect others’ rights and property. [Lev 19:13]

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Jesus – Who does He think He is? – Rev Brendan Edwards

John 5: 16-30 (NIV)

The Authority of the Son

¹⁶So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. ¹⁷In his defence Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” ¹⁸For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

¹⁹Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. ²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. ²²Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, ²³that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

²⁴“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. ²⁵Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. ³⁰By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

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He is Risen Indeed – Rev Brendan Edwards

Luke 24: 1-45 (NIV)

Jesus Has Risen

24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. ⁵In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ⁷‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” ⁸Then they remembered his words.

⁹When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. ¹¹But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles^[^a^] from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. ¹⁵As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; ¹⁶but they were kept from recognizing him.

¹⁷He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast. ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

¹⁹“What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. ²⁰The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; ²¹but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. ²²In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning ²³but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. ²⁴Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

²⁵He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” ²⁷And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

²⁸As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. ²⁹But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

³⁰When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. ³¹Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. ³²They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

³³They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together ³⁴and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

³⁶While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

³⁷They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. ³⁸He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? ³⁹Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

⁴⁰When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. ⁴¹And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁴²They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³and he took it and ate it in their presence.

⁴⁴He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

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Isaih 52:13 – 53:12 (NIV)

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant will act wisely^[a];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalled at him^[b]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
¹⁵so he will sprinkle many nations,^[c]
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.

53 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
⁵But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

⁷He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[d] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.^[e]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes^[f] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life^[g] and be satisfied^[h];
by his knowledge^[i] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[j]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,^[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.

Footnotes

Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
Isaiah 53:12 Or many
Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous

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