Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him a question, and he said to them, "Are you asking one another about my saying 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again'?

Jesus answered, "Do you believe that now?

When Jesus had said all this he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Do honor to your son, that your son may do honor to you,

And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples to the other side of the Ravine of the Cedars where there was a garden, and he went into it with his disciples.

Judas who betrayed him also knew the place, for Jesus often met his disciples there.

Then Jesus, as he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?"

They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am he." Judas who betrayed him was standing among them.

When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground.

Then he asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has offered me?"

So the garrison and the colonel and the attendants of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,

But Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This other disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, and he went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues or in the Temple where all the Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

Jesus replied, "If I have said anything wrong, testify to it; but if what I have said is true, why do you strike me?"

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

This was to fulfil what Jesus said when he declared how he was to die.

So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Jesus answered, "Did you think of that yourself, or has someone else said it to you about me?"

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not a kingdom of this world. If my kingdom were a kingdom of this world, my men would have fought to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom has no such origin."

Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

So Jesus came out, still wearing the wreath of thorns and the purple coat. And Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"

and he went back into the governor's house and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."

When Pilate heard that, he had Jesus brought out and had him sit in the judge's seat in the place they call the Stone Platform, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

There they crucified him, with two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

Many of the Jews read this placard, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, besides his shirt. Now his shirt had no seam; it was woven in one piece from top to bottom.

Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, said to his mother, "There is your son!"

After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."

When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished!" Then bowing his head he gave up his spirit.

But when they came to Jesus they saw that he was dead already, and they did not break his legs,

After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down.

And Nicodemus also, who had first come to Jesus at night, went, taking a roll of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.

So they took Jesus' body, and wrapped it with the spices in bandages, in the Jewish way of preparing bodies for burial.

There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

So because it was the Jewish Preparation day, and the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him."

and the handkerchief that had been over Jesus' face not on the ground with the bandages, but folded up by itself.

and saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at his head and one at his feet.

As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he.

Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

"Mary!" said Jesus. She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" which means Master.

Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came in.

A week after, the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me that you believe? Blessed be those who believe without having seen me!"

There were many other signs that Jesus showed before his disciples which are not recorded in this book.

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

After this Jesus again showed himself to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and he did so in this way.

Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael, of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.

But just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was he.

So Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered, "No."

Then the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he put on his clothes, for he had taken them off, and sprang into the sea.

Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew it was the Master.

Jesus went and got the bread and gave it to them, and the fish also.

This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!"

Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple who was very dear to Jesus, who at the supper leaned back on Jesus' breast and said, "Master, who is it that is going to betray you?"

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "But, Master, what about him?"

Jesus said to him, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you? You must follow me."

So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"

There are many other things that Jesus did, so many in fact that if they were all written out, I do not suppose that the world itself would hold the books that would have to be written.

In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

They were all devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

"So one of the men who has been associated with us all the time that the Lord Jesus moved about among us,

"Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him.

He is Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and to whose resurrection we are all witnesses.

"Therefore the whole nation of Israel must understand that God has declared this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!"

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has done this honor to his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go.

and he will send Jesus, your destined Christ.

greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and declaring that in the case of Jesus there had been a resurrection from the dead.

you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

They were amazed to see how outspoken Peter and John were, and to find that they were uneducated men with no advantages. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus.

For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated??erod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

when you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done by the power of your holy servant Jesus."

The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him.

They were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

and they did not for a single day stop teaching and preaching in the Temple and in private houses the good news of Jesus, the Christ.

for we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will tear this place down and change the customs that have been handed down to us by Moses."

But he, full of the holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw God's glory and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

As they stoned Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"