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The Empty Tomb
(Matthew 28.1–8; Mark 16.1–8; Luke 24.1–12)
1 Early on Sunday morning,
while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and
saw that the stone had been taken
away from the entrance.
2 She went
running to Simon Peter and the other
disciple, whom Jesus loved, and
told them, “They have taken the
Lord from the tomb, and we don't
know where they have put him!”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple
went to the tomb.
4 The two of
them were running, but the other
disciple ran faster than Peter and
reached the tomb first.
5 He bent
over and saw the linen cloths, but he
did not go in.
6 Behind him came Simon
Peter, and he went straight into
the tomb. He saw the linen cloths
lying there
7 and the cloth which had
been around Jesus' head. It was not
lying with the linen cloths but was
rolled up by itself.
8 Then the other
disciple, who had reached the tomb
first, also went in; he saw and believed.
9 (They still did not understand
the scripture which said that
he must rise from death.)
10 Then the
disciples went back home.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
(Matthew 28.9–10; Mark 16.9–11)
11 Mary stood crying outside the
tomb. While she was still crying, she
bent over and looked in the tomb
12 and saw two angels there dressed
in white, sitting where the body of
Jesus had been, one at the head and
the other at the feet.
13 “Woman,
why are you crying?” they asked
her.
13 She answered, “They have taken
my Lord away, and I do not know
where they have put him!”
14 Then she turned around and saw
Jesus standing there; but she did not
know that it was Jesus.
15 “Woman,
why are you crying?” Jesus asked
her. “Who is it that you are looking
for?”
15 She thought he was the gardener,
so she said to him, “If you took him
away, sir, tell me where you have
put him, and I will go and get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
16 She turned toward him and said in
Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means
“Teacher.”)
17 “Do not hold on to me,” Jesus
told her, “because I have not yet
gone back up to the Father. But go
to my brothers and tell them that I
am returning to him who is my Father
and their Father, my God and
their God.”
18 So Mary Magdalene went and
told the disciples that she had seen
the Lord and related to them what
he had told her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
(Matthew 28.16–20; Mark 16.14–18; Luke 24.36–49)
19 It was late that Sunday evening,
and the disciples were gathered together
behind locked doors, because
they were afraid of the Jewish authorities.
Then Jesus came and stood
among them. “Peace be with you,”
he said.
20 After saying this, he
showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples were filled with joy at
seeing the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them
again, “Peace be with you. As the
Father sent me, so I send you.”
22 Then he breathed on them and
said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If
you forgive people's sins, they are
forgiven; if you do not forgive them,
they are not forgiven.” note
Jesus and Thomas
24 One of the twelve disciples,
Thomas (called the Twin), was not
with them when Jesus came.
25 So
the other disciples told him, “We
have seen the Lord!”
25 Thomas said to them, “Unless I
see the scars of the nails in his hands
and put my finger on those scars and
my hand in his side, I will not
believe.”
26 A week later the disciples were
together again indoors, and Thomas
was with them. The doors were
locked, but Jesus came and stood
among them and said, “Peace be
-- --
with you.”
27 Then he said to
Thomas, “Put your finger here, and
look at my hands; then reach out
your hand and put it in my side. Stop
your doubting, and believe!”
28 Thomas answered him, “My
Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Do you believe
because you see me? How happy
are those who believe without
seeing me!”
The Purpose of This Book
30 In his disciples' presence Jesus
performed many other miracles
which are not written down in this
book.
31 But these have been written
in order that you may believe note that
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,
and that through your faith in him
you may have life.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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