but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

He knew what was in their minds; so he told the man with the withered hand, "Rise and stand forward." He rose and stood before them.

Then he went forward and touched the bier; the bearers stopped, and he said, "Young man, I bid you rise."

But he took her hand and called to her, "Rise, little girl."

I tell you, though he will not get up and give you anything because you are a friend of his, he will at least rise and give you whatever you want, because you persist.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

And to the crowds he said, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say, 'There is a shower coming,' and so it is:

they will scourge him and kill him, but he will rise again on the third day."

Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm,

that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day."

"Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,