20John 20

The Empty Tomb

1Early 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.Select John 20:1

2She 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!”Select John 20:2

3Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.Select John 20:3

4The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.Select John 20:4

5He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in.Select John 20:5

6Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying thereSelect John 20:6

7and the cloth which had been around Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up by itself.Select John 20:7

8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. (Select John 20:8

9They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)Select John 20:9

10Then the disciples went back home.Select John 20:10

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11Mary stood crying outside the tomb. While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tombSelect John 20:11

12and 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.Select John 20:12

13“Woman, why are you crying?” they asked her. She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”Select John 20:13

14Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not know that it was Jesus.Select John 20:14

15“Woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who is it that you are looking for?” 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.”Select John 20:15

16Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means “Teacher.”)Select John 20:16

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.”Select John 20:17

18So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.Select John 20:18

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19It 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.Select John 20:19

20After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.Select John 20:20

21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.”Select John 20:21

22Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.Select John 20:22

23If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”Select John 20:23

Jesus and Thomas

24One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came.Select John 20:24

25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” 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.”Select John 20:25

26A 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.”Select John 20:26

27Then 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!”Select John 20:27

28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”Select John 20:28

29Jesus said to him, “Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me!”Select John 20:29

The Purpose of This Book

30In his disciples' presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not written down in this book.Select John 20:30

31But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.Select John 20:31