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1 Now on the first day of the week, Miryam from Magdala went early, while it was yet dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
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Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance.
2 She ran therefore, and came to Shim`on Kefa, and to the other talmid whom Yeshua loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"
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She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, "They took the Master from the tomb. We don't know where they've put him."
3 Kefa therefore went forth, and the other talmid, and they went toward the tomb.
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Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb.
4 They both ran together. The other talmid outran Kefa, and came to the tomb first.
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They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter.
5 Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in.
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Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.
6 Then Shim`on Kefa came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
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Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there,
7 and the cloth that was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
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and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself.
8 Then the other talmid also entered in therefore, who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed.
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Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed.
9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
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No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
10 So the talmidim went away again to their own homes.
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The disciples then went back home.
11 But Miryam was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
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But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb
12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Yeshua had lain.
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and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been laid.
13 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."
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They said to her, "Woman, why do you weep?" "They took my Master," she said, "and I don't know where they put him."
14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Yeshua standing, and didn't know that it was Yeshua.
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After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn't recognize him.
15 Yeshua said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
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Jesus spoke to her, "Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?" She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, "Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him."
16 Yeshua said to her, "Miryam." She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say, "Teacher!"
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Jesus said, "Mary." Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" meaning "Teacher!"
17 Yeshua said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"
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Jesus said, "Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.'"
18 Miryam from Magdala came and told the talmidim that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
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Mary Magdalene went, telling the news to the disciples: "I saw the Master!" And she told them everything he said to her.
19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the talmidim were assembled, for fear of the Yehudim, Yeshua came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Shalom be to you."
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Later on that day, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you."
20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The talmidim therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
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Then he showed them his hands and side.
21 Yeshua therefore said to them again, "Shalom be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
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Jesus repeated his greeting: "Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you."
22 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Ruach HaKodesh!
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Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. "Receive the Holy Spirit," he said.
23 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven to them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."
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"If you forgive someone's sins, they're gone for good. If you don't forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?"
24 But T'oma, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Yeshua came.
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But Thomas, sometimes called the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other talmidim therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
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The other disciples told him, "We saw the Master." But he said, "Unless I see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger in the nail holes, and stick my hand in his side, I won't believe it."
26 After eight days again his talmidim were inside, and T'oma with them. Yeshua came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Shalom be to you."
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Eight days later, his disciples were again in the room. This time Thomas was with them. Jesus came through the locked doors, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you."
27 Then he said to T'oma, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
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Then he focused his attention on Thomas. "Take your finger and examine my hands. Take your hand and stick it in my side. Don't be unbelieving. Believe."
28 T'oma answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
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Thomas said, "My Master! My God!"
29 Yeshua said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."
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Jesus said, "So, you believe because you've seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing."
30 Therefore Yeshua did many other signs in the presence of his talmidim, which are not written in this book;
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Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book.
31 but these are written, that you may believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
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These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it.
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