³⁶And while they were speaking these things, he himself stood in the midst of them, and says to them: Peace be to you. ³⁷But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit. ³⁸And he said to them: Why are ye troubled? And wherefore do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. ⁴⁰And having said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them: Have ye here anything to eat? ⁴²And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. ⁴³And he took, and ate it before them. ⁴⁴And he said to them: These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and psalms, concerning me. ⁴⁵Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶And he said to them: Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on the third day; ⁴⁷and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. ⁴⁸Ye are witnesses of these things.

⁴⁹And, behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But do ye tarry in the city, until ye are endued with power from on high.

⁵⁰And he led them out as far as to Bethany; and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹And it came to pass, while he blessed them, that he parted from them, and was borne up into heaven. ⁵²And they, having worshiped him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy; ⁵³and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.

[THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.]

I. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him^[3]; and without him was nothing made that has been made. ⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷The same came for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe. ⁸He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of the light. ⁹There was the true light, which lights every man that comes into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not. ¹²But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe on his name; ¹³who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us^[14]; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was before me^[15]. ¹⁶Because out of his fullness we all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him.

¹⁹And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? ²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. ²¹And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. ²²They said therefore to him: Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.