Narrator

Mary Magdalene

Peter

John

Angel 1

Angel 2

Jesus

The disciples

Them that had been with him

The other Mary (the mother of James)

The angel of the Lord

Keepers (also watch and soldiers)

The chief priests

The elders

Salome

Young man

Certain others (including Joanna and other women)

Joanna

Two men

The apostles (also the eleven)

All the rest

Two of them (Cleopas and another)

Residue (of the eleven and all the rest)

Two men in white apparel

Nar: The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Mary: (mimes turning to run)

Nar: Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them,

Mary: "They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him."

Peter and John: (mime running)

Nar: Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

John: (mimes stooping down and looking in)

Nar: Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

Peter: (mimes going into the sepulcher)

Nar: Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

John: (mimes following into the sepulcher)

Nar: Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

Peter and John: (mime returning)

Nar: But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

Mary: (mimes weeping)

Mary: (mimes stooping down and looking into the sepulcher)

Nar: And they say unto her,

Angels: "Woman, why weepest thou?"

Nar: She saith unto them,

Mary: (stooping) "Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him."

Nar: And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

Mary: (looks back)

Nar: Jesus saith unto her,

Jesus: "Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?"

Nar: She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him,

Mary: "Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away."

Nar: Jesus saith unto her,

Jesus: "Mary."

Nar: She turned herself, and saith unto him,

Mary: (turns) "Rabboni;"

Nar: which is to say, ‘Master.’

Nar: Jesus saith unto her,

Nar: Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

Mary: (mimes telling the disciples)

Nar: So when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

Them that: (mime disbelief)

Mary and O Mary: (mime coming to the sepulcher)

Nar: And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

The Angel: (mimes rolling back stone and sitting on it)

Nar: His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Keepers: (shake and mime death)

Nar: And the angel answered and said unto the women,

The Angel: "Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said."

The Angel: "Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

The Angel: "And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you."

Nar: And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mary and O Mary: (mime departing and running)

Nar: And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,

Jesus: "All hail."

Nar: And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

Nar: Then said Jesus unto them,

Jesus: "Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me."

Nar: Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

Nar: And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, Saying,

Chief priests: "Say ye, ‘His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.’ And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you."

Nar: So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was commonly reported among the Jews.

Nar: And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

Mary, O Mary, and Salome: (mime coming to the sepulcher)

Nar: And they said among themselves,

Mary, O Mary, and Salome: "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?"

Nar: And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

Nar: And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

Nar: And he saith unto them,

Young man: "Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him."

Young man: "But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you."

Nar: And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Mary, O Mary, and Salome: (mime fleeing sepulcher)

Mary, O Mary, Salome, Joanna, and certain others: (mime coming to the sepulchre)

Nar: And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Nar: And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

Nar: And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them,

Two men: "Why seek ye the living among the dead?"

Two men: "He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, ‘The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’"

Nar: And they remembered his words, And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

Mary, O Mary, Salome, Joanna, and certain others: (mime returning)

Nar: It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

The apostles: (mime disbelief)

Nar: Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

Nar: And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

Cleopas and another: (mime walking and talking)

Nar: And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

Jesus: (draws near)

Nar: And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

Nar: But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

Nar: So he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

Nar: And he said unto them,

Nar: And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him,

Cleopas: "Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?"

Nar: And he said unto them,

Jesus: "What things?"

Nar: And they said unto him,

Cleopas and another: "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him."

Cleopas and another: "But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done."

Cleopas and another: "Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive."

Cleopas and another: "And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not."

Nar: Then he said unto them,

Jesus: "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?"

Nar: And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Jesus: (mimes expounding)

Nar: And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

Jesus: (takes a couple of steps beyond the two of them)

Nar: But they constrained him, saying,

Cleopas and another: "Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent."

Nar: And he went in to tarry with them.

Nar: And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

Nar: And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Jesus: (mimes vanishing)

Nar: And he appeared to Simon Peter.

Nar: And they said one to another,

Cleopas and another: "Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"

Nar: And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem,

Cleopas and another: (mime returning to Jerusalem)

The eleven minus Thomas and them that were with them: "The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon."

Nar: And it was the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews. And as the two thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them,

Jesus: "Peace be unto you."

Nar: But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

Nar: And he said unto them,

Jesus: "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."

Nar: And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

Jesus: (shows his hands and feet)

Nar: And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side.

Jesus: (shows his hands and side)

Nar: Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.

Nar: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them,

Jesus: "Have ye here any meat?"

Nar: And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

Nar: And he took it, and did eat before them.

Nar: And he said unto them,

Jesus: "These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me."

Nar: Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them,

Jesus: "Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

Jesus: "And ye are witnesses of these things."

Jesus: "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."

Nar: Then said Jesus to them again,

Jesus: "Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you."

Nar: And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,

Jesus: "Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained."

Nar: And he led them out as far as to Bethany.

Jesus and others: (mime going toward Bethany)

Nar: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but

Nar: saith he,

Nar: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,

The eleven minus Thomas and them that were with them: "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?"

Nar: And he said unto them,

Jesus: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

Nar: And he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Nar: And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. So when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Jesus: (moves into the backround)

The eleven minus Thomas and them that were with them: (look up)

Nar: And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said,

Two men: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

Nar: And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: So returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

The eleven minus Thomas and them that were with them: (mime returning to Jerusalem)

Nar: And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Nar: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.