John 20

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.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹So while it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and while the doors were shut where the disciples were, for ^afear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and ^*said to them, “^1bPeace be with you.”

²⁰And when He had said this, ^aHe showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^brejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹So Jesus said to them again, “^aPeace be with you; ^bas the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

²²And when He had said this, He ^abreathed on them and ^*said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³“^aIf you forgive the sins of any, their sins ¹have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

²⁴But ^aThomas, one of ^bthe twelve, called ^1cDidymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^aHis hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^bI will not believe.”

²⁶And ¹after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus ^*came, the doors having been ²shut, and stood in their midst and said, “^aPeace be with you.”

²⁷Then He ^*said to Thomas, “^aBring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus ^*said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? ^aBlessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”

Why This Gospel Was Written

^30aTherefore many other ^1bsigns Jesus also did in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

³¹but these have been written ^aso that you may believe that Jesus is the ¹Christ, ^bthe Son of God; and that ^cbelieving you may have life in His name.