Now when Jesus had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

She went and told those who had been with Jesus and who now were grieving and crying.

And when they heard that Jesus was alive and had been seen by Mary from Magdala, they refused to believe it.

After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two disciples as they were walking into the country.

And these two men went and told about their encounter with Jesus to the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them either.

Later on Jesus showed Himself to the eleven apostles as they sat [i.e., reclined. See Matt. 23:6], eating a meal. He scolded them for their lack of faith and stubbornness because they refused to believe those who had seen Him [alive] after His resurrection.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.