John 20:1-12

The Empty Tomb

1 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.

2 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!”

3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.

6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,

7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.

8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)

10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb

12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

Cross References

• 1. ver 18; Luke 8:2; John 19:25
• 2. Matthew 27:60,66
• 3. S John 13:23
• 4. ver 13
• 5. Luke 24:12
• 6. ver 11
• 7. S John 19:40
• 8. John 11:44
• 9. ver 4
• 10. Matthew 22:29; John 2:22
• 11. Luke 24:26,46; Acts 2:24
• 12. ver 5
• 13. Matthew 28:2,3; Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4; Acts 1:10; S Acts 5:19; Acts 10:30