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Bending over to look inside, he noticed the linen cloths lying there but didn't go in.John 19:40;">[xr]

and that the handkerchief that had been on Jesus' head was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up in a separate place.John 11:44;">[xr]

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"Psalm 22:22; Matthew 28:10; John 16:28; Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:17; Hebrews 2:11;">[xr]

So the other disciples kept telling him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he told them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into them,into the nail marks">[fn] and put my hand into his side, I will never believe!"

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Take your hand, and put it into my side. Stop doubting, but believe."1 John 1:1;">[xr]

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,[fn] the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.Luke 1:4; John 3:15-16; 5:24; 1 Peter 1:9;">[xr]

Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about a hundred yardstwo hundred cubits">[fn] away from the shore.

"Truly, truly I tell you, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go."John 13:36; Acts 12:3-4;">[xr]

So the rumor spread among the brothers[fn] that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it is my will for him to remain until I come, how does that concern you?"

While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the Father's promise, about which you heard me speak.Luke 24:43,49; John 14:16,26-27,49; 15:26; 16:7; Acts 2:33;">[xr]

For John baptized within">[fn] water, but you will be baptized within">[fn] the Holy Spirit not many days from now."Joel 3:18; Matthew 3:11; Acts 2:4; 11:15-16; 19:4;">[xr]

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."Luke 24:48-49; John 15:27; Acts 2:1,4, 32; 15:22;">[xr]

But others kept saying in derision, "They're full of sweet wine!"

But God raised him up and destroyed the pains of death,of Hades (the realm of the dead)">[fn] since it was impossible for him to be held in its power.Acts 2:32; 3:15; 4:10; 10:40; 17:31; Romans 4:24; 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 15:15; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 1:21;">[xr]

For David did not go up to heaven, but he said,Psalm 110:1; Matthew 22:44; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Ephesians 1:20; Hebrews 1:13;">[xr] 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk!"stand up and walk">[fn]Acts 4:10;">[xr]

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the number of men grew to about 5,000.

you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified but God raised from the dead.Acts 2:24;">[xr]

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."