Luke · Chapter 24

[ edit] Forſoþe in oon of þe woke ful erly þei camen to þe graue, bryngynge ſwete ſpicis, whiche þei hadden maad redy. And þei founden þe ſtoone turned a wey fro þe graue. And þei gon yn, founden not þe body of Jheſu. And it was don, while þei weren aſtoneyed in þouȝt of þis þing, loo! twey men ſtooden biſydis hem in cloþ ſchynynge. Soþli whenne þei dredden, and bowiden her ſemelant in to erþe þei ſeiden to hem, What ſeke ȝe þe lyuynge wiþ deede men? He is not here, but he haþ riſe. Haue ȝe mynde, how he ſpak to ȝou, whanne ȝit he was in Galilee, ſeyinge, it bihoueþ mannis ſone be bitakun in to hondis of ſynful men, and to be crucified, and þe þridde day to ryſe aȝen.

And þei biþouȝten on his wordis. And þei gon aȝen fro þe graue, telden alle þes þingis to þe enleuene, and to alle oþere. Forſoþe Mary Mawdeleyn was, and Joone, and Marye of James, and oþere wymmen þat weren wiþ hem, þat ſeiden þes þingis to apoſtlis. And þes wordis weren ſeyn bifore hem as madneſſe, eþer errour, and þei bileueden not to hem. Forſoþe Petre ryſinge, ran to þe graue; and he bowynge doun, ſyȝ þe lynnen cloþis put aloone. And he wente, wondrynge wiþ him ſilf þis þing þat was don. And lo! tweyne of hem wenten in þat day to a caſtel, þat was fro Jeruſalem in ſpace of ſixty furlongis, by name Emaws. And þei ſpaken to gidere of alle þes þingis þat hadden falle.

And it was don, while þei talkiden, and ſouȝten wiþ hem ſilf, and Jheſu him ſilf neiȝynge, wente wiþ hem. Soþli her yȝen weren holdun, leſt þei knewen him. And he ſeide to hem, Whiche ben þes wordis, þat ȝe ſpeken to gidere goynge, and ȝe ben ſorwful? And oon anſweringe, to whom þe name was Cleofas, ſeide to him, Þou aloone ert a pilgrym of Jeruſalem, and haſt þou not knowe, what þingis ben don in it in þes dayes? To which he ſeide, Whiche? And þei ſeyden to him, Of Jheſu of Nazareþ, þat was a man prophete, myȝti in work and word bifore God and al þe peple; and hou þe hiȝeſte preſtis and oure princes bitoken him in to dampnacioun of deeþ, and crucifieden him.

Forſoþ we hopiden, for he ſchulde aȝen bye Iſrael. And now in alle þingis þe þridde day is to day, þat þes þingis ben don. But and ſum wymmen of oure maden vs a ferd, whiche bifore þe liȝt weren at þe graue; and his bodi not foundun, þei camen, ſeyinge, þat þei ſyȝen a ſiȝt of aungels, whiche ſeyn, þat he lyueþ. And ſum men of oure wenten to þe graue, and þei founden ſo as þe wymmen ſeiden, but þei founden not him. And he ſeyde to hem, A! foolis, and ſlowe of herte for to bileue in alle þingis whiche þe prophetis han ſpoke. Where it bihofte not Criſt to ſuffre þes þingis, and ſo for to entre in to his glorie?

And he bigynnynge at Moyſes and alle prophetis, expownede to hem in alle ſcripturis, whiche weren of him. And þei camen nyȝ to þe caſtel, whidur þei wenten. And he made cuntenaunce him to go ferþere. And þei conſtreyneden him, ſeyinge, Dwel wiþ vs, for it drawiþ to nyȝt, and þe day is now bowid doun. And he entride wiþ hem. And it was don, while he reſtide wiþ hem, he took bred, and bleſſide, and brac, and dreſſide to hem. And þe yȝen of hem weren opened, and þei knewen him; and he vanyſchide fro her yȝen. And þei ſeiden to gidere, Wher oure herte was not brennynge in vs, while he ſpac in þe weye, and openyde ſcripturis to vs?

And þei riſinge in þe ſame our, wenten aȝen in to Jeruſalem, and þei founden enleue gederid to gidere, and hem þat weren wiþ hem, ſeyinge, For þe Lord roos verily, and aperide to Symount. And þei telden what þingis weren don in þe weye, and hou þei knewen him in brekynge of breed. Forſoþe while þei ſpaken þes þingis, Jheſus ſtood in þe myddel of hem, and ſeide to hem, Pees to ȝou; I am, nyle ȝe drede. Soþli þei troublid and agaſt, geſſiden hem to ſe a ſpirit. And he ſeide to hem, What ben ȝe troublid, and þouȝtis ſtyȝen vp in to ȝoure hertis? Se ȝe myn hondis and my feet, for I my ſilf am. Feele ȝe, and ſe ȝe; for a ſpirit haþ not fleiſch, and boonys, as ȝe ſeen me for to haue.

And whanne he hadde ſeyd þis þing, he ſchewide hondis and feet to hem. Forſoþ ȝit hem not bileuynge, and wondringe for ioye, he ſeyde, Han ȝe ony þing here þat ſchal be etun? And þei offriden to him a part of a fyſch rooſtid, and a coomb of hony. And whanne he hadde etun bifore hem, he takynge þe relyfs, ȝaf to hem. And he ſeyde to hem, Þes ben þe wordis whiche I ſpak to ȝou, whanne I was ȝit wiþ ȝou; for it is nede þat alle þingis be fillid, whiche ben writun in þe lawe of Moyſes, and in prophetis, and in ſalmes, of me. Þanne he openyd witt to hem, þat þei ſchulde vndirſtonde ſcripturis.

And he ſeyde to hem, For þus it is writun, and þus it bihofte Criſt to ſuffre, and to ryſe aȝen fro deed men in þe þridde day; and penaunce and remyſſioun of ſynnes to be prechid in his name to alle folkis, men bigynnynge at Jeruſalem. Forſoþe ȝe ben witneſſis of þes þingis. And I ſende þe biheeſte of my fadir in to ȝou; ſoþli ſitte ȝe in þe citee, til þat ȝe be cloþid wiþ vertu fro an hiȝ. Forſoþ he ledde hem forþ in to Beþanye, and, his hondis reyſid, he bleſſide hem. And it was don, while he bleſſide hem, he departide fro hem, and was borun in to heuene. And þei worſhippinge wente aȝen in to Jeruſalem wiþ greet ioye; and weren euere in þe temple, heryinge and bleſſinge God.

Here endiþ Luk, and now bigynneþ Joon.