Matthew 28:1–15

Jesus Is Risen!

^1aNow after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, ^bMary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.

²And behold, there was a great earthquake, for ^aan angel of the ¹Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^bthe stone and sat upon it.

³And ^ahis appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

⁴And the guards quaked from fear of him and became like dead men.

⁵And the angel answered and said to the women, “^1aDo not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.

⁶“He is not here, for He has risen, ^ajust as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

⁷“And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^ainto Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

⁸And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

⁹And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

¹⁰Then Jesus ^*said to them, “^1aDo not be afraid; go and report to ^bMy brothers to leave ^cfor Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

¹¹Now while they were on their way, behold, some of ^athe guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and took counsel together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

¹³and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

¹⁴“And if this is heard before ^athe governor, we will win him over and ¹keep you out of trouble.”

¹⁵And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely ^aspread among the Jews, and is ^bto this day.