1 Now the first day of
the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw
that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
2 Then she ran and came to Simon
Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have
taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid
Him.”
3 Peter therefore went out, and the
other disciple, and were going to the tomb.
4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came
to the tomb first. 5 And he,
stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he
did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter
came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying
there, 7 and the handkerchief
that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded
together in a place by itself. 8
Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw
and believed. 9 For as yet they did
not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went away
again to their own homes.
11 But Mary stood outside by the
tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white
sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain. 13 Then they said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where
they have laid Him.”
14 Now when she had said this, she
turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was
Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman,
why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried
Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to Him,[a]
“Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).
17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling
to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say
to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and
your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord,[b]
and that He had spoken these things to her.
19 Then, the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled,[c]
for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them,
“Peace be with you.” 20 When
He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the
disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
21 So Jesus said to them again,
“Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
22 And when He had said this, He
breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any,
they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are
retained.”
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one
of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore
said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put
my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not
believe.”
26 And after eight days His
disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach
your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put
it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas answered and said to
Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas,[d]
because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have
not seen and yet have believed.”
30 And truly Jesus did many other
signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;
31 but these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may
have life in His name.