1 InChrist, having routed death in the tomb, rises by his own power, as the angel immediately witnesses.theAt the going out of the sabbath, that is, about daybreak after the Roman manner of telling time, which considers the natural day to be from the rising of the sun to the next sunrise: and not as the Hebrews, which count from evening to evening.end of the sabbath, as itWhen the morning of the first day after the sabbath began to dawn: and that first day is the same as that which we now call Sunday, or the Lord's day.began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Angel of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.
3 HisThe beams of his eyes, and by the figure of speech called synecdoche, this is understood as the countenance.countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for feare of him, the keepers were astonied, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear notThe word «ye» is spoken with force to indicate that it was the women to whom he was speaking, as the soldiers were also afraid.ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here, for he is risen; as he saide: come, see the place where the Lord was laid,
7 And go quickly, & tel his disciples that he is risen fro ye dead: & behold, he goeth before you into Galile: there ye shall see him: loe, I haue told you.
8 So they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with feare and great ioye, and did runne to bring his disciples worde.
9 Christ himself appears after his resurrection, and sending the women to his disciples, shows that he has not forgotten them.And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.
11 The more that the sun shines, the more that the wicked are blinded.Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
12 And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,
13 Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14 And if thisFor it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears.come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.
16 Christ appears also to his disciples, whom he makes apostles.Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And when they sawe him, they worshipped him: but some douted.
18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.
19 The sum of the apostleship is the proclaiming of the doctrine received from Christ throughout all the world, and the ministering of the sacraments: the efficacy of which things depends not on the minsters but on the Lord.Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing themCalling upon the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with youForever: and this refers to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in body.alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
