John 20
The Empty Tomb
Now on the first day
of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the
tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. Therefore she ran and came to
Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them,
"They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know
where they have laid him!"
Therefore Peter and
the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran together. The other
disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. Stooping and looking in, he saw
the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in. Then Simon Peter came, following
him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, and the cloth that had been on
his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by
itself. So then the other
disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and
believed. For as yet they
didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
So the disciples went away again
to their own homes.
But Mary was standing
outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into
the tomb, and she saw
two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where
the body of Jesus had lain. They told her, "Woman, why
are you weeping?"
She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I
don't know where they have laid him." When she had said this, she
turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her,
"Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking
for?"
She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you
have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take
him away."
Jesus said to her,
"Mary."
She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say,
"Teacher!"
Jesus said to her,
"Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my
Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father
and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Mary Magdalene came
and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said
these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
When therefore it was evening,
on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked
where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and
stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to
you."
When he had said
this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were
glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus therefore said to them
again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me,
even so I send you." When he had said this, he
breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy
Spirit! Whoever's sins
you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have
been retained."
Jesus Appears to Thomas
But Thomas, one of
the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore
said to him, "We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the
nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
After eight days
again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the
doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you." Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your
hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but
believing."
Thomas answered him,
"My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him,
"Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed
are those who have not seen, and have believed."
Therefore Jesus did
many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written
in this book; but these
are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
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