THE JOURNEY TO EMMAUS. 251 also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way,2 while he opened to us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the in to tarry with them. 1 omit now 2 and while he a Comp. e.g. Gen. iii. 15; xxii. 18; xxvi. 4; xlix. 10; Num. xxi. 9; Deut. xviii. 15, etc. way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread: neither believed they them. Then the same day at evening, being the first day Mar. xvi. 14. Lk. xxiv. 36-43. of the week, as they thus spake, when the doors were shut where the eleven disciples were for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, as they sat at meat, and said unto them, Peace be unto you. And he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your heart?2 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet and the side. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,* and he took it, and did eat before them." Then said he to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 1 were assembled for fear 4 fish, and of an honeycomb 3 and his side 2 your hearts 5 said Jesus a Comp. Gen. xviii. 8. THE UNBELIEF OF THOMAS. 253 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place1 of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 1 the print of the CHAPTER XXV. THE FORTY DAYS TO THE ASCENSION. Jno. xx. 26-29. AND after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 'Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. Jno. xxi. 1-24. Then after these things the eleven disciples went Matt. xxviii. 16. away into Galilee [and] Jesus shewed himself again to them at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship; and that night they caught nothing. 1 And Thomas 2 unto him, Thomas, because 3 into a ship immediately APPEARANCE AT THE SEA OF TIBERIAS. 255 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. He saith unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus2 cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to the3 disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? 1 And he said unto 3 his disciples 2 Jesus then cometh 4 Jonas |