John 20:1–18

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.