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First Reading

A Reading From the Acts of the Apostles 10: 34, 37-43

10:34	Derefter, Peter, åbner sin mund, sagde: "Jeg har i sandhed konkluderet, at Gud ikke respekterer personer.
10:37	I ved, at Ordet er blevet gjort kendt i hele Judæa. For at begynde fra Galilæa, efter den dåb, som Johannes prædikede,
10:38	Jesus fra Nazareth, som Gud salvede med Helligånden og med kraft, rejste rundt og gjorde godt og helbredte alle dem, der var undertrykt af djævelen. For Gud var med ham.
10:39	Og vi er vidner om alt, hvad han gjorde i Judæas egne og i Jerusalem, ham, som de dræbte ved at hænge ham på et træ.
10:40	Gud oprejste ham på den tredje dag og tillod ham at blive åbenbaret,
10:41	ikke til alle mennesker, men til de af Gud forudbestemte vidner, til dem af os, der spiste og drak med ham, efter at han var opstået fra de døde.
10:42	Og han pålagde os at prædike for folket, og for at vidne om, at han er den, som blev udpeget af Gud til at være dommer over levende og døde.
10:43	For ham bærer alle profeterne vidnesbyrd om, at gennem hans navn får alle, som tror på ham, syndernes forladelse."

Second Reading

The Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians 3: 1-4

3:1	Derfor, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
3:2	Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
3:3	For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.
3:4	When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Evangelium

The Holy Gospel According to John 20: 1-9

20:1	Then on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb.
20:2	Derfor, she ran and went to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, og hun sagde til dem, “They have taken the Lord away from the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
20:3	Derfor, Peter departed with the other disciple, and they went to the tomb.
20:4	Now they both ran together, but the other disciple ran more quickly, ahead of Peter, and so he arrived at the tomb first.
20:5	And when he bowed down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not yet enter.
20:6	Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he entered the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there,
20:7	and the separate cloth which had been over his head, not placed with the linen cloths, but in a separate place, wrapped up by itself.
20:8	Then the other disciple, who had arrived first at the tomb, also entered. And he saw and believed.
20:9	For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that it was necessary for him to rise again from the dead.