Jesus’ Words

after the Cross...

From the Tomb to the Mount of Olives…an overview

Matthew's
gospel account

Chapter 28:1-20

"Greetings!"

"Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Chapter 16: 1-20

"Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Chapter 24: 1-53

"What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?" ...  "What things?"

"Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?"

"Peace be with you." ... "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." ... "Have you anything here to eat?" ... "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." ... "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

Chapter 20: 1-31

"Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" ... "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

"Peace be with you. Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

"Peace be with you. Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe. Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."

Chapter 21: 1-25

"Children, you have no fish, have you?" ... "Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some." ... "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." ... "Come and have breakfast." ... "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?" ... "Feed my lambs." ... "Simon son of John, do you love me?" ... "Tend my sheep." ... "Simon son of John, do you love me?" ... "Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go." ... "Follow me."

"If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!"

Luke's account

in the book of
Acts

Chapter 1:1-12

"This, is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

"It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Jesus' Words following the Resurrection
The Baptismal Commission - Matthew 28: 1-20
...in my name... - Mark 16: 1-20
Emmaus and the Eucharistic paradigm - Luke 24: 1-53
the promise of the Father ... Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Evangelism - Acts 1: 1-12
Revelation and forgiveness - John 20: 1-31
Peter's absolution and call to ministry - John 21: 1-25

Ashes to Easter