The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

24 And then Salome, and Mary, mother of the two disciples, James and John, Joanna, and the other women who had come out to the tomb, saw Jesus, and they talked with him.

25 And Mary Magdalene was filled with joy. She sought again for Peter, James and John; she found them and she said,

26 Lo, I have seen the Lord; and Miriam has seen the Lord; the mother of the Lord has seen the Lord; and many more have seen his face; for he has risen from the dead.

27 But the disciples thought that she had simply seen a vision of the Lord. They did not think that he had risen from the dead.

28 Then Mary found the other members of the company and told them all about the risen Lord; but none of them believed.

29 Now, Peter, James and John were in the garden of Siloam; were talking with the gardener about the happenings of the day when John beheld a stranger coming up the walk.

30 The stranger lifted up his hands and said, I am. Then the disciples knew it was the Lord.

31 And Jesus said, Behold, for human flesh can be transmuted into higher form, and then that higher form is master of things manifest, and can, at will, take any form.

32 And so I come to you in form familiar unto you.

33 Go speak to Thomas, and the other men whom I have called to be apostles unto men, and say to them,

34 That he whom Jews and Romans thought was dead is walking in the garden of Siloam;

35 Will stand again before the priests and Pharisees within the temple in Jerusalem;

36 And will appear unto the sages of the world.

37 Tell them that I will go before them into Galilee.

38 Then Peter, James and John went forth and found their brethren, and said, Behold, the Lord is risen from the dead, and we have seen him face to face.

39 The brethren were amazed at what the three disciples said; but still they looked upon their words as idle talk and they believed them not.

CHAPTER 174

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to Zachus and Cleophas as they journey to Emmaus, but they know him not. He tells them many things about Christ. He eats the evening meal with them, and reveals himself to them. They go to Jerusalem and tell the news.

Towards the evening of the resurrection day, two friends of Jesus, Zachus and Cleophas of Emmaus, seven miles away, were going to their home.

2 And as they walked and talked about the things that had occurred a stranger joined their company.

3 He said, My friends, you seem discouraged and are sad. Has some great grief upon you come?

4 Cleophas said, Are you a stranger in Judea, and know not of the thrilling things that have transpired here?

5 The stranger said, What things? To what do you refer?

6 Cleophas said, Have you not heard about the man from Galilee who was a prophet mighty in both word and deed?

7 A man whom many thought had come to found again the kingdom of the Jews, and drive the Romans from the city of Jerusalem and be himself the king?

8 The stranger said, Tell me about this man.

9 Cleophas said, His name was Jesus; he was born in Bethlehem; his home was up in Galilee. He loved the people as he loved himself.

10 He was, in truth, a master sent from God, for he had matchless power. He healed the sick and made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, and even raised the dead.

11 The Jewish scribes and Pharisees were jealous of his fame and power, and they arrested him; by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes,

12 And on last Friday he was taken to the place of skulls and crucified.

13 He died and he was buried in a rich man’s tomb, out in the garden of Siloam.

14 This very morning when his friends went to the tomb they found it empty; the body of the Lord was gone.

15 And now the news has spread abroad that he has risen from the dead.

16 The stranger said, Yes, I have heard about this man; but it seems strange that after all the things that Jewish prophets long ago foretold concerning him that when he came men knew him not.

17 This man was born to demonstrate the Christ to men, and it is just to say that Jesus is the Christ.

18 According to the Word, this Jesus came to suffer at the hands of men, to give his life as pattern for the sons of men;

19 To rise from death that men might know the way to rise from death.

20 And then the stranger told the two disciples all about the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, and read to them a multitude of things that had been written of this man from Galilee.

21 And now the men had reached their home and as the night was near they importuned the stranger to abide with them.

22 And he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal, he took a piece of bread, and blessed it in the name of Christ.

23 And instantly their eyes were opened up, and they perceived that he, the stranger, was the Lord, the man from Galilee; that he had risen from the dead; and then the form of Jesus disappeared.

24 When he had gone, the two disciples were amazed. They said, Did not our hearts burn with delight while he was talking to us by the way and opening up the testimonies of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms?

25 Then Zachus and Cleopas went back to Jerusalem, and everywhere they went they said, Lo, we have seen the Lord;

26 He walked with us to Emmaus; he ate with us the evening meal, and broke for us the bread of life.

CHAPTER 175

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the ten apostles in Simon’s house, and to Lazarus and his sisters.

The evening of the resurrection day had come; the ten apostles were in Simon’s house in Bethany. The lawyer, Thomas, was not there.

2 The doors were closed and barred, because the Jews had said that they would drive the Galileans from the land.

3 And as they talked, lo, Jesus came and stood forth in their midst, and said, Peace! peace!

4 And the disciples shrank in fear; they thought it was a phantom that they saw.