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But one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side. Immediately blood and water came out.

These things happened to give full meaning to the Scriptures that said, "None of his bones will be broken"

As soon as he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the followers saw the Lord, they were very happy.

They told him, "We saw the Lord." Thomas said, "That's hard to believe. I will have to see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side. Only then will I believe it."

Jesus did many other miraculous signs that his followers saw, which are not written in this book.

But these are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.

Later, Jesus appeared again to his followers by Lake Galilee. This is how it happened:

The follower Jesus loved very much said to Peter, "That man is the Lord!" When Peter heard him say it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself. (He had taken his clothes off to work.) Then he jumped into the water.

This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his followers after he was raised from death.

This was after his death, but he showed them that he was alive, proving it to them in many ways. The apostles saw Jesus many times during the 40 days after he was raised from death. He spoke to them about God's kingdom.

The apostles were all together. They were constantly praying with the same purpose. Some women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers were there with the apostles.

(Judas was paid money for doing this. His money was used to buy him a field. But he fell on his head, his body broke open, and all his intestines poured out.

Peter said, "In the book of Psalms, this is written about Judas: ‘People should not go near his land; no one should live there.' And it is also written: ‘Let another man have his work.'

They prayed, "Lord, you know the minds of all people. Show us which one of these two men you choose to do this work. Judas turned away from it and went where he belongs. Lord, show us which man should take his place as an apostle!"

Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago.

"My brothers, I can tell you for sure about David, our great ancestor. He died, was buried, and his tomb is still here with us today.

He was a prophet and knew something that God had said. God had promised David that someone from his own family would sit on David's throne as king.

David knew this before it happened. That is why he said this about that future king: ‘He was not left in the place of death. His body did not rot in the grave.' David was talking about the Messiah rising from death.

As they were entering the Temple area, a man was there who had been crippled all his life. He was being carried by some friends who brought him to the Temple every day. They put him by one of the gates outside the Temple. It was called Beautiful Gate. There he begged for money from the people going to the Temple.

Then Peter took the man's right hand and lifted him up. Immediately his feet and legs became strong.