Bible Verses About The Christ Jesus

And Peter going out, wept bitterly.

But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.

For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have not given suck.

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us.

For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?

But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation?

And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man hath done no evil.

And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them.

But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk and are sad?

And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?

To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people.

And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him.

But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel. And now besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done.

Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us who, before it was light, were at the sepulchre,

And not finding his body, came, saying that they had all seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

And some of our people went to the sepulchre and found it so as the women had said: but him they found not.

Then he said to them: O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken.

But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have.

And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day:

And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

But Jesus did not trust himself unto them: for that he knew all men,

And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man.