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them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

Mary the Magdalene cometh, bringing word to the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you! 20 And having said this, he showed them his hands and his

side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw 21 the Lord. Then he said to them again, Peace be to you! 22 As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. And hav

ing said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, 23 Receive the Holy Spirit. Whosever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whosever ye retain, they are retained.

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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not 25 with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I shall not believe.

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And after eight days the disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you! 27 Then he saith to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and be

hold my hands, and reach forth thy hand, and put it into 28 my side; and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas 29 answered and said to him, My Lord and my God! Jesus saith to him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.

Ver. 19-23. Comp. Mark xvi. 14-18; Luke xxiv. 36-43.

30 Many other signs did Jesus in the presence of his dis31 ciples, which are not written in this book. But these have

been written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.

XXI. After these things he manifested himself again to the

disciples at the lake of Tiberias. And he manifested him2 self in this manner. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his 3 disciples. Simon Peter saith to them, I am going a fishing. They say to him, We also will go with thee. They set out and went into the boat, and on that night caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was coming on, Jesus stood on the

shore; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Then Jesus saith to them, Children, have ye any fish? 6 They answered him, No. And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye will find. And they cast it, and now they were not able to draw it for 7 the multitude of the fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith to Peter, It is the Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it was the Lord, girded on his outer garment, for he had on nothing but his under one, 8 and threw himself into the lake. And the other disciples came in the boat, (for they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with the 9 fishes. When therefore they had come to land, they see

a fire of coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. 10 Jesus saith to them, Bring of the fish which ye have now 11 caught. Simon Peter therefore went on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty

Chap. XXI. 5. bread]?

any fish? More closely, anything to eat with [the

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broken.

Jesus saith to them, Come and breakfast.

But no one of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing 13 that it was the Lord. Jesus cometh and taketh the bread, 14 and giveth them, and the fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus manifested himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

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So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.

He saith to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.

He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that 18 I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my sheep. Truly, truly do I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou hast grown old, thou wilt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee whither thou 19 wouldst not. This he said, signifying by what manner of death he was to glorify God.

And having thus spoken, he saith to him, Follow me. 20 Peter, turning round, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following, — who also at supper leaned back on his breast, 21 and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? — Peter,

seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and how will it be with 22 him? Jesus saith to him, If it be my will that he remain 23 till I come, what is it to thee? Follow thou me. This

report therefore went abroad among the brethren, that

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this disciple was not to die. And yet Jesus did not say to him. He will not die; but, If it be my will that he remain till I come, what is it to thee?

This is the disciple who testifieth of these things, and hath written these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

Ver. 25. This verse, And there are also many other things which Jesus did; and if they were to be every one written, I suppose that not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written, is omitted by Tischendorf, apparently because it was wanting in the Sinai manuscript, as originally written. It is found in all other known manuscripts, though in many copies it is said in a note to have been regarded by some as a later addition.

ACTS OF APOSTLES.

I. THE former narrative I made, O Theophilus, of all that 2 Jesus both did and taught from the beginning until the day in which, after he had through the Holy Spirit given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen, he 3 was taken up; to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many sure proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the things per4 taining to the kingdom of God. And while in assembly with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for what had been promised by the 5 Father, which [said he] ye heard from me; for John indeed baptized with water, but ye will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

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They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, art thou at this time about to restore the king7 dom to Israel? But he said to them, It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed 8 by his own authority. But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

9 And having thus spoken, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they were looking earnestly into heaven as

he went up, lo! two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who said, Men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into