John 20–21

¹And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, ²she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, ‘They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.’ ³Peter, therefore, went forth, and the other disciple, and they were coming to the tomb, ⁴and the two were running together, and the other disciple did run forward more quickly than Peter, and came first to the tomb, ⁵and having stooped down, seeth the linen clothes lying, yet, indeed, he entered not. ⁶Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying, ⁷and the napkin that was upon his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but apart, having been folded up, in one place; ⁸then, therefore, entered also the other disciple who came first unto the tomb, and he saw, and did believe; ⁹for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again. ¹⁰The disciples therefore went away again unto their own friends.

¹¹And Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting, ¹²one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. ¹³And they say to her, ‘Woman, why dost thou weep?’ she saith to them, ‘Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;’ ¹⁴and these things having said, she turned backward, and seeth Jesus standing, and she had not known that it is Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus saith to her, ‘Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;’ she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, ‘Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;’ ¹⁶Jesus saith to her, ‘Mary!’ having turned, she saith to him, ‘Rabbouni;’ that is to say, ‘Teacher.’ ¹⁷Jesus saith to her, ‘Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.’ ¹⁸Mary the Magdalene cometh, telling to the disciples that she hath seen the Lord, and that these things he said to her.

¹⁹It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, ‘Peace to you;’ ²⁰and this having said, he shewed them his hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the Lord. ²¹Jesus, therefore, said to them again, ‘Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;’ ²²and this having said, he breathed on them, and saith to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit; ²³if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.’ ²⁴And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came; ²⁵the other disciples, therefore, said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord;’ and he said to them, ‘If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.’

²⁶And after eight days, again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them; Jesus cometh, the doors having been shut, and he stood in the midst, and said, ‘Peace to you!’ ²⁷then he saith to Thomas, ‘Bring thy finger hither, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put it to my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing.’ ²⁸And Thomas answered and said to him, ‘My Lord and my God;’ ²⁹Jesus saith to him, ‘Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed; happy those not having seen, and having believed.’ ³⁰Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book; ³¹and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.’

Chapter 21

¹After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: ²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. ³Simon Peter saith to them, ‘I go away to fish;’ they say to him, ‘We go—we also—with thee;’ they went forth and entered into the boat immediately, and on that night they caught nothing. ⁴And morning being now come, Jesus stood at the shore, yet indeed the disciples did not know that it is Jesus; ⁵Jesus, therefore, saith to them, ‘Lads, have ye any meat?’ ⁶they answered him, ‘No;’ and he said to them, ‘Cast the net at the right side of the boat, and ye shall find;’ they cast, therefore, and no longer were they able to draw it, from the multitude of the fishes. ⁷That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus was loving saith to Peter, ‘The Lord it is!’ Simon Peter, therefore, having heard that it is the Lord, did gird on the outer coat, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea; ⁸and the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but as it were about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net of the fishes; ⁹when, therefore, they came to the land, they behold a fire of coals lying, and a fish lying on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus saith to them, ‘Bring ye from the fishes that ye caught now;’ ¹¹Simon Peter went up, and drew the net up on the land, full of great fishes, an hundred fifty and three, and though they were so many, the net was not rent. ¹²Jesus saith to them, ‘Come ye, dine;’ and none of the disciples was venturing to inquire of him, ‘Who art thou?’ knowing that it is the Lord; ¹³Jesus, therefore, doth come and take the bread and give to them, and the fish in like manner; ¹⁴this is now a third time Jesus was manifested to his disciples, having been raised from the dead.

¹⁵When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?’ he saith to him, ‘Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;’ he saith to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ ¹⁶He saith to him again, a second time, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?’ he saith to him, ‘Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;’ he saith to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’ ¹⁷He saith to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?’ Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, ‘Dost thou dearly love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.’ Jesus saith to him, ‘Feed my sheep; ¹⁸verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou wast girding thyself and wast walking whither thou didst will, but when thou mayest be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and shall carry thee whither thou dost not will;’ ¹⁹and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, ‘Be following me.’

²⁰And Peter having turned about doth see the disciple whom Jesus was loving following, (who also reclined in the supper on his breast, and said, ‘Sir, who is he who is delivering thee up?’) ²¹Peter having seen this one, saith to Jesus, ‘Lord, and what of this one?’ ²²Jesus saith to him, ‘If him I will to remain till I come, what—to thee? be thou following me.’ This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die, ²³yet Jesus did not say to him, that he doth not die, but, ‘If him I will to remain till I come, what—to thee?’ ²⁴this is the disciple who is testifying concerning these things, and he wrote these things, and we have known that his testimony is true. ²⁵And there are also many other things—as many as Jesus did—which, if they may be written one by one, not even the world itself I think to have place for the books written. Amen.

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