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Read (and listen!) through the amazing story of Luke and Acts!
Immerse: Luke and Acts is part of Immerse: The Reading Bible, which takes you on a new and unique journey through the books of Luke and Acts in the New Testament. This fresh arrangement of the books highlights the depth of the New Testament’s fourfold witness to Jesus the Messiah. The Son of God, who fulfills all the longings and promises of the collected Scriptures. The goal of Bible reading is to understand the sacred writings in depth so we can learn to live with them. Using the text of the New Living Translation (NLT) from Tyndale Publishing, now you can experience Luke and Acts the same way the original readers did and be fully immersed in the most amazing story of all time!
Samantha: Welcome to Immerse Luke
and Acts, Day twenty, Week four
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Now there was a good and
righteous man named Joseph.
He was a member of the Jewish High
Council, but he had not agreed
with the decision and actions
of the other religious leaders.
He was from the town
of Arimathea in Judea.
And he was waiting for the
kingdom of God to come.
He went to Pilate and
asked for Jesus body.
Then he took the body down from the
cross and wrapped it in a long sheet
of linen cloth and laid it in a new
tomb that had been carved out of rock.
This was done late on Friday
afternoon, the day of preparation,
as the Sabbath was about to begin.
As his body was taken away, the
women from Galilee followed and saw
the tomb where his body was placed.
Then they went home and prepared spices
and ointments to anoint his body.
But by the time they were
finished, the Sabbath had begun.
So they rested, as required by the law.
But very early on Sunday morning
the women went to the tomb, taking
the spices they had prepared.
They found that the stone had been
rolled away from the entrance.
So they went in, but they didn't
find the body of the Lord Jesus.
As they stood there puzzled,
two men suddenly appeared to
them, clothed in dazzling robes.
The women were terrified and bowed
with their faces to the ground.
Then the man asked, Why are you looking
among the dead for someone who is alive?
He isn't here.
He is risen from the dead.
Remember what he told you back in
Galilee, that the Son of Man must
be betrayed into the hands of sinful
men and be crucified, and that he
would rise again on the third day.
Then they remembered that he had said
this, so they rushed back from the
tomb to tell his eleven disciples
and everyone else what had happened.
It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the
mother of James, and several other women
who told the apostles what had happened,
but the story sounded like nonsense
to the men, so they didn't believe it.
However, Peter jumped up
and ran to the tomb to look.
Stooping, he peered in and
saw the empty linen wrappings.
Then he went home again,
wondering what had happened.
That same day, two of Jesus followers
were walking to the village of
Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.
As they walked along, they were talking
about everything that had happened.
As they talked and discussed these
things, Jesus himself suddenly came
and began walking with them, but
God kept them from recognizing him.
He asked them, What are you discussing
so intently as you walk along?
They stopped short, sadness
written across their faces.
Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, You
must be the only person in Jerusalem who
hasn't heard about all the things that
have happened there the last few days.
What things?
Jesus asked.
The things that happened to Jesus,
the man from Nazareth, they said.
He was a prophet who did powerful
miracles, and he was a mighty teacher
in the eyes of God and all the people.
But our leading priests and
other religious leaders handed
him over to be condemned to
death, and they crucified him.
We had hoped he was the Messiah
who had come to rescue Israel.
This all happened three days ago.
Then some women from our group
of his followers were at his
tomb early this morning, and they
came back with an amazing report.
They said his body was missing,
and they had seen angels who
told them, Jesus is alive.
Some of our men ran out to see,
and sure enough, his body was
gone, just as the women had said.
Then Jesus said to them,
You foolish people!
You find it so hard to believe all that
the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
Wasn't it clearly predicted that the
Messiah would have to suffer all these
things before entering His glory?
Then Jesus took them through the
writings of Moses and all the prophets,
explaining from all the Scriptures
the things concerning Himself.
By this time they were nearing
Emmaus, and the end of their journey.
Jesus acted as if He were going on,
but they begged Him, Stay the night
with us, since it is getting late.
So he went home with them.
As they sat down to eat, he
took the bread and blessed it.
Then he broke it and gave it to them.
Suddenly their eyes were
opened, and they recognized him.
And at that moment, he disappeared.
They said to each other, Didn't our hearts
burn within us as he talked with us on the
road and explained the scriptures to us?
And within the hour they were
on their way back to Jerusalem.
There they found the eleven disciples and
the others who had gathered with them,
who said, The Lord has really risen.
He appeared to Peter.
Then the two from Emmaus told their
story of how Jesus had appeared to them
as they were walking along the road.
And how they had recognized him
as he was breaking the bread.
And just as they were telling
about it, Jesus himself was
suddenly standing there among them.
Peace be with you, he said.
But the whole group was startled
and frightened, thinking
they were seeing a ghost.
Why are you frightened?
he asked.
Why are your hearts filled with doubt?
Look at my hands.
Look at my feet.
You can see that it's really me.
Touch me, and make sure
that I am not a ghost.
Because ghosts don't have
bodies, as you see that I do.
As he spoke, he showed them
his hands and his feet.
Still, they stood there in disbelief,
filled with joy and wonder.
Then he asked them, Do you
have anything here to eat?
They gave him a piece of broiled
fish, and he ate it as they watched.
Then he said, When I was with you before,
I told you that everything written about
me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets
and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.
Then he opened their minds to understand
the Scriptures, and he said, Yes,
it was written long ago that the
Messiah would suffer and die and
rise from the dead on the third day.
It was also written that this message
would be proclaimed in the authority
of his name to all the nations.
beginning in Jerusalem.
There is forgiveness of sins.
For all who repent.
You are witnesses of all these things.
And now I will send the Holy
Spirit, just as my father promised.
But stay here in the city
until the Holy Spirit comes.
Fills you with power from heaven.
Then Jesus led them to Bethany
and lifting his hands to heaven.
He blessed them.
While he was blessing them.
He left them and was taken up to
heaven, so they worshiped him and
then returned to Jerusalem, filled
with great joy, and they spent all of
their time in the temple praising God.
This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.