读经:路加读音24:1~12
1七日的头一日,黎明的时候,那些妇女带着所预备的香料,来到坟墓前
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2看见石头已经从坟墓滚开了。
2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3她们就进去,只是不见主耶稣的身体。
3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4正在猜疑之间,忽然有两个人站在旁边。衣服放光。
4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5妇女们惊怕,将脸伏地。那两个人就对她们说,为什么在死人中找活人呢?
5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?
| 6 | 他不在这里,已经复活了。当记念他还在加利利的时候,怎样告诉你们, |
6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7说,人子必须被交在罪人手里,钉在十字架上,第三日复活。
7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"
8她们就想起耶稣的话来,
8Then they remembered his words.
9便从坟墓那里回去,把这一切事告诉十一个使徒和其余的人。
9When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
10那告诉使徒的,就是抹大拉的马利亚,和约亚拿,并雅各的母亲马利亚,还有与她们在一处的妇女。
10It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
11But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
12彼得起来,跑到坟墓前,低头往里看,见细麻布独在一处,就回去了,心里希奇所成的事。
12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
今天是复活节,是为了纪念耶稣已战胜死亡,从死里复活了~!>v<
每年庆祝复活节时,教会会给予每人一颗复活蛋(煮熟的鸡蛋,外壳染橙红色),或是将蛋藏起来,让大家展开“寻蛋游戏”,究竟复活蛋代表什么意义??
原来復活蛋被比喻為「新生命的開始」,象徵「耶穌復活、走出石墓」。
復活蛋的起源:相傳來自抹大拉的马利亚
。相傳她在耶穌死後,獲當时罗马帝国的凯撒提庇留邀請出席晚宴。席間,馬利亞捧着一隻雞蛋說:「耶穌復活了!」席上所有人都在笑她,提庇留更聲言:「假如耶穌真的復活了的話,馬利亞手上的蛋也會變成紅色。」這時馬利亞把手打開,蛋果然變成了紅色。 自15世纪開始,人們為了記念耶穌基督在所流的寶血,便將蛋染了紅色來慶祝復活節。其後,也有染成彩色的。(复活蛋固然有其意义,但要谨慎,可别在复活节时错把专注力放在复活蛋噢!应当放在耶稣身上!)
耶稣复活后,门徒们并不相信,直到他们亲眼见到耶稣、见到耶稣手上的钉痕后,他们才相信,而后耶稣也显现在不少人面前。
最先见证耶稣已复活的人,是3位妇女。为何耶稣会选择由她们来见证这重要的一刻呢?
原因很简单:因为她们是当时代对耶稣最忠心的人,她们所想的就是服事耶稣直到自己死亡为止。耶稣死后,仅是用布草率地包裹后就放进石洞里,并用大石头将入口堵住。因此这几位妇女就想将耶稣的身体清理干净,并用干净的布包裹,因此她们来到了耶稣坟前,并见证了耶稣已复活。
耶稣已经复活了!这是千真万确的事实,我们应当相信!
哈里路亚^^
P/S:这是我灵修后的感想&分享,如发现有说错之处,一旦发现后我会立即修正,请多多指教^^