John 20:1-29

The Empty Tomb

1 ¹Now on the first day of the week ²Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw ³the stone already taken away from the tomb.

2 So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other ⁴disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "⁵They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."

3 ⁶So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.

4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;

5 and ⁷stooping and looking in, he saw the ⁸linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.

6 And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there,

7 and ⁹the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the ¹⁰linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.

8 So the other disciple who ¹¹had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

9 For as yet ¹²they did not understand the Scripture, ¹³that He must rise again from the dead.

10 So the disciples went away again ¹⁴to their own homes.

11 ¹⁵But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she ¹⁶stooped and looked into the tomb;

12 and she saw ¹⁷two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

13 And they said to her, "¹⁸Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because ¹⁹they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."

14 When she had said this, she turned around and ²⁰saw Jesus standing there, and ²¹did not know that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her, "²²Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing Him to be the 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 ²³in Hebrew, "²⁴Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher ).

17 Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ²⁵My brethren and say to them, 'I ²⁶ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.' "

18 ²⁷Mary Magdalene came, ²⁸announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her.

Jesus among His Disciples

19 So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for ²⁹fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "³⁰Peace be with you."

20 And when He had said this, ³¹He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ³²rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21 So Jesus said to them again, "³³Peace be with you; ³⁴as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 "³⁵If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

24 But ³⁶Thomas, one of ³⁷the twelve, called ³⁸Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless * I see in ³⁹His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ⁴⁰I will not believe."

26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "⁴¹Peace be with you."

27 Then He said to Thomas, "⁴²Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? ⁴³Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

Cross References

• 1. John 20:1-8: {Matthew 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-10}
• 2. John 19:25; John 20:18
• 3. Matthew 27:60, 66; Matthew 28:2; Mark 15:46; Mark 16:3; Luke 24:2; John 11:38
• 4. John 13:23
• 5. John 20:13
• 6. Luke 24:12; John 20:3-10
• 7. John 20:11
• 8. John 19:40
• 9. John 11:44
• 10. John 19:40
• 11. John 20:4
• 12. Matthew 22:29; John 2:22
• 13. Luke 24:26ff, 46
• 14. Luke 24:12
• 15. Mark 16:5
• 16. John 20:5
• 17. Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:5; Luke 24:4
• 18. John 20:15
• 19. John 20:2
• 20. Matthew 28:9; Mark 16:9
• 21. John 21:4
• 22. John 20:13
• 23. John 5:2
• 24. Matthew 23:7; Mark 10:51
• 25. Matthew 28:10
• 26. Mark 12:26; Mark 16:19; John 7:33
• 27. John 20:1
• 28. Mark 16:10; Luke 24:10, 23
• 29. John 7:13
• 30. Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 20:21, 26
• 31. Luke 24:39, 40; John 19:34
• 32. John 16:20, 22
• 33. Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 20:19, 26
• 34. John 17:18
• 35. Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18
• 36. John 11:16
• 37. John 6:67
• 38. John 11:16
• 39. John 20:20
• 40. Mark 16:11
• 41. Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 20:19, 21
• 42. Luke 24:40; John 20:25
• 43. 1 Peter 1:8

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
• [b]. Lit "Peace to you"
• [c]. I.e. have previously been forgiven
• [d]. I.e. the Twin
• [e]. Or "A week later"
• [f]. Or "locked"