^aNow on the first day of the week ^bMary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw ^cthe stone already removed from the groove across the entrance of the tomb. Matt 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-10 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the ¹other ^adisciple (John) , whom Jesus loved (esteemed) , and said to them, “^bThey have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and ²we do not know where they have laid Him!” 3 ^aSo Peter and the other disciple left, and they were going to the tomb. Luke 24:12 4 And the two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and arrived at the tomb first. 5 ^aStooping down and looking in, he saw the ^blinen ¹wrappings neatly lying there; but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came up, following him, and went into the tomb and saw the linen wrappings neatly lying there; 7 and ^athe burial ¹face-cloth which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the other ^blinen wrappings, but ²rolled up in a place by itself. 8 So the other disciple, who ^ahad reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw the wrappings and the face-cloth and ¹believed without any doubt that Jesus had risen from the dead. 9 For as yet ^athey did not understand the Scripture, ^bthat He must rise from the dead. Ps 16:10 10 Then the disciples went back again ^ato their own homes.

11 ^aBut Mary who had returned was standing outside the tomb sobbing; and so, as she wept, she ^bstooped down and looked into the tomb; 12 and she saw ^atwo angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they said to her, “^aWoman, why are you crying?” She told them, “Because ^bthey have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” 14 After saying this, she turned around and ^asaw Jesus standing there, but she ^bdid not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “^aWoman, why are you crying? For whom are you looking?” Supposing that He was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you are the one who has carried Him away from here, tell me where you have put Him, and I will take Him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him ^ain ¹Hebrew, “^bRabboni!” (which means, Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “¹Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^aMy brothers and tell them, ‘I am ^bascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” 18 ^aMary Magdalene came, ^breporting to the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.

19 So when it was evening on that same day, the first day of the week, though the disciples were meeting behind barred doors for ^afear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “^1bPeace to you.” 20 After He said this, ^aHe showed them His hands and His side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were ^bfilled with great joy. 21 Then Jesus said to them again, “^aPeace to you; ^bas the Father has sent Me, I also send you as My representatives.” 22 And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8; 2:1-3 23 ^aIf you forgive the sins of anyone they are forgiven because of their faith; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained and remain unforgiven because of their unbelief.”

24 But ^aThomas, one of ^bthe twelve disciples, who was called ^cDidymus (the twin) , was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^aHis hands the marks of the nails, and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, ^bI will never believe.”

26 Eight days later His disciples were again inside the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though the doors had been barred, and stood among them and said, “^aPeace to you.” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “^aReach here with your finger, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place it in My side. Do not be unbelieving, but stop doubting and believe.” Luke 24:39 28 Thomas answered Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, do you now believe? ^aBlessed happy, spiritually secure, and favored by God are they who did not see Me and yet believed in Me.”

30 ^aThere are also many other ^bsigns (attesting miracles) that Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these have been written ^aso that you may believe with a deep, abiding trust that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) , ^bthe Son of God; and that by ^cbelieving and trusting in and relying on Him you may have life in His name. Ps 2:7, 12