aNow on the first day of the week, bMary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw cthe stone already taken away from the tomb.John 20:1-8: <IT>Matt 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-10</IT>John 19:25; 20:18Matt 27:60, 66; 28:2; Mark 15:46; 16:3f; Luke 24:2; John 11:38 2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other adisciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “bThey have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”John 13:23John 20:13 3 aSo Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.John 20:3-10: <IT>Luke 24:12</IT> 4 And the two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; 5 and astooping and looking in, he *saw the blinen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.John 20:11John 19:40 6 And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and athe face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the blinen wrappings, but folded up in a place by itself.John 11:44John 19:40 8 So the other disciple who ahad first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.John 20:4 9 For as yet athey did not understand the Scripture, bthat He must rise again from the dead.Matt 22:29; John 2:22Luke 24:26ff, 46 10 So the disciples went away again ato where they were staying.Luke 24:12
11 aBut Mary was standing outside the tomb crying; and so, as she was crying, she bstooped to look into the tomb;Mark 16:5John 20:5 12 and she *saw atwo angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.Matt 28:2f; Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4 13 And they *said to her, “aWoman, why are you crying?” She *said to them, “Because bthey have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”John 20:15John 20:2 14 When she had said this, she turned around and *asaw Jesus standing there, and bdid not know that it was Jesus.Matt 28:9; Mark 16:9John 21:4 15 Jesus *said to her, “aWoman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?” Thinking Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”John 20:13 16 Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him ain 1Hebrew, “bRabboni!” (which means, Teacher).Jewish AramaicJohn 5:2Matt 23:7; Mark 10:51 17 Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to aMy brothers and say to them, ‘I bascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”Matt 28:10Mark 12:26; 16:19; John 7:33 18 aMary Magdalene *came, bannouncing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.John 20:1Mark 16:10; Luke 24:10, 23
19 So while it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and while the doors were shut where the disciples were, for afear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, “1bPeace be with you.”Lit Peace to youJohn 7:13Luke 24:36; John 14:27; 20:21, 26 20 And when He had said this, aHe showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then brejoiced when they saw the Lord.Luke 24:39, 40; John 19:34John 16:20, 22 21 So Jesus said to them again, “aPeace be with you; bas the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”Luke 24:36; John 14:27; 20:19, 26John 17:18 22 And when He had said this, He abreathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.Gen 2:7 23 aIf you forgive the sins of any, their sins 1have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”Have previously been forgivenMatt 16:19; 18:18
24 But aThomas, one of bthe twelve, called 1cDidymus, was not with them when Jesus came.The TwinJohn 11:16John 6:67 25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in aHis hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, bI will not believe.”John 20:20Mark 16:11
26 And 1after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been 2shut, and stood in their midst and said, “aPeace be with you.”Or A week laterOr lockedLuke 24:36; John 14:27; 20:19, 21 27 Then He *said to Thomas, “aBring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”Luke 24:40; John 20:25 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? aBlessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”1 Pet 1:8
30 aTherefore many other 1bsigns Jesus also did in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;Or attesting miraclesJohn 21:25John 2:11 31 but these have been written aso that you may believe that Jesus is the 1Christ, bthe Son of God; and that cbelieving you may have life in His name.MessiahJohn 19:35Matt 4:3John 3:15