John 19:38–20:18

Jesus Is Buried

^38aNow after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but ^bsecretly because of his ^cfear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

^39aAnd Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^bbringing a ¹mixture of ^cmyrrh and aloes, weighing about ²one ^dhundred litras.

⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and ^abound it in ^blinen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

⁴¹Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a ^anew tomb ^bin which no one had yet been laid.

⁴²Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^aPreparation, since the tomb was ^bnearby, they laid Jesus there.

CHAPTER 20

The Empty Tomb

^1aNow 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.

²So 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.”

^3aSo Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.

⁴And the two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;

⁵and ^astooping and looking in, he ^*saw the ^blinen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.

⁶And so Simon Peter also ^*came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he ^*saw the linen wrappings lying there,

⁷and ^athe face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the ^blinen wrappings, but folded up in a place by itself.

⁸So the other disciple who ^ahad first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

⁹For as yet ^athey did not understand the Scripture, ^bthat He must rise again from the dead.

¹⁰So the disciples went away again ^ato where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

^11aBut Mary was standing outside the tomb crying; and so, as she was crying, she ^bstooped to look into the tomb;

¹²and she ^*saw ^atwo angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

¹³And 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.”

¹⁴When she had said this, she turned around and ^*asaw Jesus standing there, and ^bdid not know that it was Jesus.

¹⁵Jesus ^*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.”

¹⁶Jesus ^*said to her, “Mary!” She turned and ^*said to Him ^ain ¹Hebrew, “^bRabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

¹⁷Jesus ^*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.’”

^18aMary Magdalene ^*came, ^bannouncing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.