John 20–21

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.

⁴The 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 rolled 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 their own homes.

^11aBut Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she ^bstooped and looked 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 weeping?” 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 weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing 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 brethren 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 among His Disciples

¹⁹So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when 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 breathed 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 ¹Didymus, 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.”

²⁶¹After 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, “^aReach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand 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 they who did not see, and yet believed.”

Why This Gospel Was Written

^30aTherefore many other ^1bsigns Jesus also performed 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 ¹the Christ, ^bthe Son of God; and that ^cbelieving you may have life in His name.

Chapter 21

Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee

¹After these things Jesus ^1amanifested Himself ^bagain to the disciples at the ^cSea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.

²Simon Peter, and ^aThomas called ¹Didymus, and ^bNathanael of ^cCana in Galilee, and ^dthe sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

³Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and ^athat night they caught nothing.

⁴But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not ^aknow that it was Jesus.

⁵So Jesus said to them, “Children, ^ayou do not have ¹any fish, do you?” They answered Him, “No.”

⁶And He said to them, “^aCast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

^7aTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.

⁸But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about ¹one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal ^afire already laid and ^bfish placed on it, and bread.

¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the ^afish which you have now caught.”

¹¹Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus Provides

¹²Jesus said to them, “Come and have ^abreakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord.

¹³Jesus came and took ^athe bread and gave it to them, and the ^bfish likewise.

¹⁴This is now the ^athird time that Jesus ¹was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.

The Love Motivation

¹⁵So when they had ^afinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you ^1blove Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ²love You.” He said to him, “Tend ^cMy lambs.”

¹⁶He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you ¹love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ²love You.” He said to him, “^aShepherd My sheep.”

¹⁷He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you ¹love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him ^athe third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, ^bYou know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “^cTend My sheep.

Our Times Are in His Hand

¹⁸“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”

¹⁹Now this He said, ^asignifying by ^bwhat kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “^cFollow Me!”

²⁰Peter, turning around, saw the ^adisciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had ^bleaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”

²¹So Peter seeing him said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”

²²Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain ^auntil I come, what is that to you? You ^bfollow Me!”

²³Therefore this saying went out among ^athe brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain ^buntil I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴This is the disciple who ^ais testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

²⁵And there are also ^amany other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.