John 20:1-9

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.

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

Footnotes

• [a] 20:7 Greek 'his'