²⁸After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.^* ²And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.^* ³His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. ⁴For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. ⁵But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.^* ⁶He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he^e lay.^* ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead,^f and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.”^* ⁸So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.^* ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”^*

The Report of the Guard

¹¹While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.^* ¹²After the priests^g had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”^* ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Judeans to this day.

The Commissioning of the Disciples

¹⁶Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.^* ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.^* ¹⁹Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit^* ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”^h

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Footnotes

eOther ancient authorities read the Lord
fOther ancient authorities lack from the dead
gGk they
hOther ancient authorities add Amen

Cross references

*Mt 27:56; Lk 8:2
*Mt 27:51, 60
*v 10; Mt 14:27
*Mt 12:40; 16:21; 17:23; 20:19
*v 16; Mt 26:32
*Jn 20:14–18
*Rom 8:29; Heb 2:11
*Mt 27:65, 66
*Mt 27:2
*v 7; Mt 26:32
*Dan 7:13, 14; Lk 10:22; Phil 2:9, 10; 1 Pet 3:22
*Lk 24:47; Acts 1:8