Early Rising

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain <FI>others<Fi> with them,

and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; — read the full passage →

To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief; — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign--to the ages of the ages.

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.

and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,

and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb, — read the full passage →

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts;

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked--till daylight, so he went forth,

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: — read the full passage →

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace--to you;'

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God, — read the full passage →

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →

and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him, — read the full passage →

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light--and those going on with me;

he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;'

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.