Matthew 28:1–15

Jesus Is Raised

28Now after the Sabbath, at the dawning on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the tomb. ²And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up and^* rolled away the stone and sat down^a on it. ³Now his appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. ⁴And the guards trembled from the fear of him and became like dead men. ⁵But the angel answered and^* said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying. ⁷And go quickly, tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and behold, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Behold, I have told you.” ⁸And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and^* ran to tell his disciples. ⁹And behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” And they came up and^* took hold of his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid! Go tell my brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

The Guards Report the Body Stolen

¹¹And while^* they were going, behold, some of the guard of soldiers went into the city and^* reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹²And after they^* had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³telling them,^* “Say ‘His disciples came during the night and^* stole him while^* we were sleeping.’ ¹⁴And if this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”^{b 15}So they took the money and^* did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.