John 20

The Resurrection

20Early on Sunday morning

, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.G1161G3391G4521G2064G3137G3094G4404G5607G2089G4653G1519G3419G2532G991G3037G142G1537G34192She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, "They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"G3767G5143G2532G2064G4314G4613G4074G2532G4314G243G3101G3739G2424G5368G2532G3004G846G142G2962G1537G3419G2532G1492G3756G4226G5087G8463Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb.G4074G3767G1831G2532G243G3101G2532G2064G1519G34194They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.G1161G5143G1417G3674G2532G243G3101G4390G5032G4074G2532G2064G4413G1519G34195He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn't go in.G2532G3879G991G3608G2749G3305G1525G3756G15256Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,G3767G2064G4613G4074G190G846G2532G1525G1519G3419G2532G2334G3608G27497while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.G2532G4676G3739G2258G1909G846G2776G3756G2749G3326G3608G235G1794G1519G5117G1520G55658Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—G5119G3767G1525G2532G243G3101G3588G2064G4413G1519G3419G2532G1492G2532G41009for until then they still hadn't understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.G1063G3764G1492G3764G1124G3754G846G1163G450G1537G349810Then they went home.G3767G3101G565G3825G4314G1438

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in.G1161G3137G2476G1854G4314G3419G2799G3767G5613G2799G3879G1519G341912She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.G2532G2334G1417G32G1722G3022G2516G1520G4314G2776G2532G1520G4314G4228G3699G4983G2424G274913"Dear woman, why are you crying?" the angels asked her. "Because they have taken away my Lord," she replied, "and I don't know where they have put him."G2532G1565G3004G846G1135G5101G2799G3004G846G3754G142G3450G2962G2532G1492G3756G4226G5087G84614She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize him.G2532G2036G5023G2036G4762G1519G3694G2532G2334G2424G2476G2532G1492G3756G3754G2076G242415"Dear woman, why are you crying?" Jesus asked her. "Who are you looking for?" She thought he was the gardener. "Sir," she said, "if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him."G2424G3004G846G1135G5101G2799G5101G2212G1565G1380G3754G2076G2780G3004G846G2962G1487G4771G941G846G941G2036G3427G4226G5087G846G2504G142G846G14216"Mary!" Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, "Rabboni!" (which is Hebrew for "Teacher").G2424G3004G846G3137G1565G4762G3004G846G4462G3739G3004G132017"Don't cling to me," Jesus said, "for I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"G2424G3004G846G680G3450G3361G1063G305G3768G305G4314G3450G3962G1161G4198G4314G3450G80G2532G2036G846G305G4314G3450G3962G2532G5216G3962G2532G3450G2316G2532G5216G231618Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, "I have seen the Lord!" Then she gave them his message.G3137G3094G2064G518G3101G3754G3708G2962G2532G2036G5023G846

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19That Sunday evening

the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! "Peace be with you," he said.G3767G1565G2250G3798G5607G3391G4521G2532G2374G2808G3699G3101G2258G4863G1223G5401G2453G2064G2424G2532G2476G1519G3319G2532G3004G846G1515G521320As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord!G2532G2036G5124G2036G1166G846G5495G2532G846G4125G3767G5463G3101G5463G1492G296221Again he said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."G3767G2036G2424G846G3825G1515G5213G2531G3962G649G3165G2504G3992G2504G520922Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.G2532G2036G5124G1720G2532G3004G846G2983G40G415123If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."G5100G302G266G863G863G846G5100G302G2902G2902

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin)

, was not with the others when Jesus came.G1161G2381G1520G1537G1427G3004G1324G2258G3756G3326G846G3753G2424G206425They told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "I won't believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side."G243G3101G3767G3004G846G3708G2962G1161G2036G846G3362G1492G1722G846G5495G5179G2247G2532G906G3450G1147G1519G5179G2247G2532G906G3450G5495G1519G846G4125G4100G3364G410026Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. "Peace be with you," he said.G2532G3326G3638G2250G3825G846G3101G2258G2080G2532G2381G3326G846G2064G2424G2374G2808G2532G2476G1519G3319G2532G2036G1515G521327Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe!"G1534G3004G2381G5342G5602G4675G1147G2532G1492G3450G5495G2532G5342G4675G5495G2532G906G1519G3450G4125G2532G1096G3361G571G235G410328"My Lord and my God!" Thomas exclaimed.G2532G2381G611G2532G2036G846G3450G2962G2532G3450G231629Then Jesus told him, "You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me."G2424G3004G846G2381G3754G3708G3165G4100G3107G3361G1492G2532G4100

Purpose of the Book

30The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book.G2532G4183G243G4592G3303G3767G4160G2424G1799G846G3101G3739G2076G3756G1125G1722G5129G97531But these are written so that you may continue to believe

that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.G1161G5023G1125G2443G4100G3754G2424G2076G5547G5207G2316G2532G2443G4100G2192G2222G1722G846G3686