John 19:38–20:18

³⁸And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. ³⁹And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. ⁴⁰They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial. ⁴¹But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. ⁴²There therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

Chapter 20

¹And on the first day of the week Mary of Magdala comes in early morn to the tomb, while it was still dark, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb. ²She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, to whom Jesus was attached, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him. ³Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and came to the tomb. ⁴And the two ran together, and the other disciple ran forward faster than Peter, and came first to the tomb, ⁵and stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; he did not however go in. ⁶Simon Peter therefore comes, following him, and entered into the tomb, and sees the linen cloths lying, ⁷and the handkerchief which was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a distinct place by itself. ⁸Then entered in therefore the other disciple also who came first to the tomb, and he saw and believed; ⁹for they had not yet known the scripture, that he must rise from among the dead. ¹⁰The disciples therefore went away again to their own home.

¹¹But Mary stood at the tomb weeping without. As therefore she wept, she stooped down into the tomb, ¹²and beholds two angels sitting in white garments, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. ¹³And they say to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. ¹⁴Having said these things she turned backward and beholds Jesus standing there, and knew not that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus says to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. ¹⁶Jesus says to her, Mary. She, turning round, says to him in Hebrew, Rabboni, which means Teacher. ¹⁷Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. ¹⁸Mary of Magdala comes bringing word to the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.