喜乐！不要害怕！去报喜讯！

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马太福音28:8-10

 8 妇女们就急忙离开坟墓，又害怕又大大地欢喜，跑去要报给他的门徒。 9 忽然，耶稣遇见她们，说：「愿你们平安！」她们就上前抱住他的脚拜他。 10 耶稣对她们说：「不要害怕！你们去告诉我的弟兄，叫他们往加利利去，在那里必见我。」

可16:1-8记载：七日的第一日清早，妇女来到坟墓那里要膏耶稣的身体；发现坟墓已经空了，她们就从那里逃跑，又发抖又惊奇，甚么也不告诉人，因为她们害怕。

太28:8-10有不大一样的描述：她们又害怕，又大大地欢喜，跑去通知耶稣的门徒。半途耶稣遇见她们，说：「愿你们平安（原文是喜乐、高兴，是见面的问候用语）！」她们就上前抱住他的脚拜他。耶稣对她们说：「不要害怕！你们去告诉我的弟兄，叫他们往加利利去，在那里必见我。」

耶稣复活后，第二次显现给又惊又喜的妇女们，她们亲眼看耶稣受苦，断气，埋葬，现在也看见复活的耶稣。耶稣对她们说：喜乐！不要害怕！去报喜讯！

这群妇女真是有福了，她们真正领受到「死里复活」的喜乐。「你们哀哭的人有福了！因为你们将要喜笑（路6:21）。」

「喜乐！」是因为耶稣复活是我们得救、得胜的确据。

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The Word In The Beginning

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Hi GAMErs,

The Gospel of John is one of the most beloved books ever written.  While of course people like to debate everything, the best and most reasonable conclusion based on internal and external evidence is that John, one of Jesus’ closest disciples, wrote the Gospel of John.  While it’s unclear when exactly he wrote it, scholars I respect tend to date the Gospel of John between approximately 65 A.D. and 85 A.D.

Today’s passage is John 1:1-13.  These first 13 verses, along with verses 14-18, are known as “The Prologue” by scholars.  It serves as an introduction to, and in some ways, a summary of the entire story that John is going to tell about Jesus in this gospel.  According to many scholars, these verses contain “some of the most tightly reasoned patterns of theological reflection in the New Testament”[1].  Profound simplicity, as others have called it.  Let’s go!

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