The empty tomb
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him. So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him.
Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.
Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
(They still did not understand from scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
Jesus appears to Mary
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, Woman, why are you crying? They have taken my Lord away, she said, and I don't know where they have put him. At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realise that it was Jesus. He asked her, Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for? Thinking he was the gardener, she said, Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him. Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, Rabboni. (which means Teacher). Jesus said, Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: I have seen the Lord. And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
They asked her, Woman, why are you crying? They have taken my Lord away, she said, and I don't know where they have put him.
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realise that it was Jesus.
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
He asked her, Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for? Thinking he was the gardener, she said, Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, Rabboni. (which means Teacher).
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
Jesus said, Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: I have seen the Lord. And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
Jesus appears to the disciples
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you. After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. And with that he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven. Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you. Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe. Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God. Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
Again Jesus said, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And with that he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples told him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.