28After the Sabbath,^z as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb. ²There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.^a ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.^b ⁴The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they became like dead men.

⁵The angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.^c ⁶He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.^d ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples,^e ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”^f

⁸So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples the news. ⁹Just then^C Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came up, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.^g ¹⁰Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”^h

THE SOLDIERS BRIBED TO LIE

¹¹As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹²After the priests^D had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money ¹³and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’ ¹⁴If this reaches the governor’s ears, we will deal with^E him and keep you out of trouble.”ⁱ ¹⁵They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.^j

THE GREAT COMMISSION

¹⁶The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.^k ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped,^A but some doubted. ¹⁸Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.^l ¹⁹Go, therefore, and make disciples^m of^B all nations,ⁿ baptizing^o them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember,^C I am with you always,^D to the end of the age.”^p

Read in Logos

Matthew 28:18: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”

Footnotes

COther mss add as they were on their way to tell the news to his disciples
D After they
E will persuade
AOther add him
BOr and disciple
C see
D all the days

Cross references

z Mk 16:1–8; Lk 24:1–10; Jn 20:1–8
a Lk 24:4; Jn 20:12
b Dn 7:9; 10:6; Mk 9:3; Jn 20:12; Ac 1:10
c Mt 14:27; 28:10; Rv 1:17
d Mt 12:40; 16:21; 27:63
e Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
f Mt 26:32; Mk 16:7
g Mk 16:9; Jn 20:14
h Jn 20:17; Rm 8:29; Heb 2:11–12,17
i Mt 27:2; Ac 12:20
j Mt 9:31; 27:8; Mk 1:45
k Mt 26:32; 28:7
l Dn 7:13–14; Jn 17:2; Rm 14:9; Eph 1:20–22; Php 2:9–10; Col 2:10; 1Pt 3:22
m Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1
n Mk 16:15; Lk 24:47
o Ac 2:38; 8:16
p Mt 13:39; 18:20; Ac 1:2; 2:42; 18:10