John 20:1-18

The Resurrection

1 ¹Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that ²the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, ³the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and ⁴we do not know where they have laid him. ”

3 ⁵So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

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

5 And stooping to look in, he saw ⁶the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,

7 and ⁷the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ ^[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

8 Then the other disciple, ⁸who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

9 for as yet ⁹they did not understand the Scripture, ¹⁰that he must rise from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

12 And ¹¹she saw ¹²two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

13 They said to her, ¹³“Woman, why are you weeping? ” She said to them, ¹⁴“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him. ”

14 Having said this, she turned around and ¹⁵saw Jesus standing, ¹⁶but she did not know that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her, ¹⁷“Woman, why are you weeping? ¹⁸Whom are you seeking? ”Supposing him to be ¹⁹the 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 in Aramaic, ^{[b] 20}“Rabboni! ” (which means Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ²¹my brothers and say to them, ²²‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ²³my God and your God. ’”

18 Mary Magdalene ²⁴went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Cross References

• 1. 20:1 Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:1, 2; Luke 24:1
• 2. 20:1 Matt. 27:60, 66; 28:2; Mark 15:46; 16:3, 4; Luke 24:2
• 3. 20:2 See ch. 13:23
• 4. 20:2 ver. 13
• 5. 20:3 Luke 24:12
• 6. 20:5 ch. 19:40
• 7. 20:7 ch. 11:44
• 8. 20:8 ver. 4
• 9. 20:9 Matt. 22:29
• 10. 20:9 Ps. 16:10; Luke 24:46; Acts 2:25-31; 13:34, 35; 17:3; 1 Cor. 15:4
• 11. 20:12 [Mark 16:5]
• 12. 20:12 Luke 24:4
• 13. 20:13 ver. 15; [ch. 2:4]
• 14. 20:13 ver. 2
• 15. 20:14 Mark 16:9; [Matt. 28:9]
• 16. 20:14 ch. 21:4; Luke 24:16, 31
• 17. 20:15 ver. 13
• 18. 20:15 ch. 1:38; 18:4, 7
• 19. 20:15 [ch. 19:41]
• 20. 20:16 See ch. 1:38
• 21. 20:17 See Matt. 28:10
• 22. 20:17 [Mark 16:19]; See ch. 14:12
• 23. 20:17 Matt. 27:46; Eph. 1:17; Rev. 3:2, 12; [1 Cor. 3:23]
• 24. 20:18 Mark 16:10; [Matt. 28:10; Luke 24:10, 22, 23]

Footnotes

• [a] 20:7 Greek 'his'
• [b] 20:16 Or 'Hebrew'