Joh 20 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb , while it was still dark , and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb .

a John 20:1-8: Matt 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-10

John 20

The Empty Tomb

1 ^aNow 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. 2 So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other ^ddisciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ^e“They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” 3 ^fSo Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. 4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; 5 and ^gstooping and looking in, he saw the ^hlinen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. 6 And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and ⁱthe face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the ^jlinen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. 8 So the other disciple who ^khad first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. 9 For as yet ^lthey did not understand the Scripture, ^mthat He must rise again from the dead. 10 So the disciples went away again ⁿto their own homes.

11 ^oBut Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she ^pstooped and looked into the tomb; 12 and she saw ^qtwo angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13 And they said to her, ^r“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because ^sthey have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” 14 When she had said this, she turned around and ^t saw Jesus standing there, and ^udid not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, ^v“Woman, 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.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him ^win ^{▼▼ I.e. Jewish Aramaic}Hebrew, ^y“Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^zMy brethren and say to them, ‘I ^aaascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” 18 ^abMary Magdalene came, ^acannouncing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.

Jesus among His Disciples

19 So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for ^adfear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ^{▼▼ Lit Peace to you
,} ^af“Peace be with you.” 20 And when He had said this, ^agHe showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^ahrejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, ^ai“Peace be with you; ^ajas 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 ^ak“If you forgive the sins of any, their sins ^{▼▼ I.e. have previously been forgiven}have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

24 But ^amThomas, one of ^anthe twelve, called ^{▼▼ I.e. the Twin
,} ^apDidymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^aqHis hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^arI will not believe.”

26 ^{▼▼ Or A week later}After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been ^{▼▼ Or locked}shut, and stood in their midst and said, ^au“Peace be with you.” 27 Then He said to Thomas, ^av“Reach 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.” 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? ^awBlessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

Why This Gospel Was Written

30 ^axTherefore many other ^{▼▼ Or attesting miracles
,} ^azsigns Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these have been written ^baso that you may believe that Jesus is ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ, ^bcthe Son of God; and that ^bdbelieving you may have life in His name.