John 20

The Resurrection

1 # Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:1, 2; Luke 24:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that #Matt. 27:60, 66; 28:2; Mark 15:46; 16:3, 4; Luke 24:2the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, #See ch. 13:23 the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and #ver. 13we do not know where they have laid him.” 3#Luke 24:12So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. 4Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5And stooping to look in, he saw #ch. 19:40the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7and #ch. 11:44the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’#20:7 Greek his head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. 8Then the other disciple, #ver. 4who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9for as yet #Matt. 22:29 they did not understand the Scripture, #Ps. 16:10; Luke 24:46; Acts 2:25-31; 13:34, 35; 17:3; 1 Cor. 15:4that he must rise from the dead. 10Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12And #[Mark 16:5] she saw #Luke 24:4two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13They said to her, #ver. 15; [ch. 2:4] “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, #ver. 2“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14Having said this, she turned around and #Mark 16:9; [Matt. 28:9] saw Jesus standing, #ch. 21:4; Luke 24:16, 31but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15Jesus said to her, #ver. 13 “Woman, why are you weeping? #ch. 1:38; 18:4, 7 Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be #[ch. 19:41]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.” 16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,#20:16 Or Hebrew #See ch. 1:38“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to #See Matt. 28:10 my brothers and say to them, #[Mark 16:19]; See ch. 14:12 ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to #Matt. 27:46; Eph. 1:17; Rev. 3:2, 12; [1 Cor. 3:23]my God and your God.’” 18Mary Magdalene #Mark 16:10; [Matt. 28:10; Luke 24:10, 22, 23]went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 # 1 Cor. 15:5; [ver. 26 ] On the evening #Luke 24:33, 36 of that day, the first day of the week, #ver. 26 the doors being locked where the disciples were #See ch. 7:13 for fear of the Jews,#20:19 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, #See ch. 14:27“Peace be with you.” 20When he had said this, #Luke 24:40 he showed them his hands and his side. Then #ch. 16:22the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As #ch. 17:18; See ch. 3:17 the Father has sent me, #ch. 13:20; See Acts 1:2even so I am sending you.” 22And when he had said this, he #Gen. 2:7 breathed on them and said to them, #[Acts 2:4]; See ch. 7:39“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23#[Matt. 16:19; 18:18; 1 Cor. 5:4, 5]If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

24Now #See ch. 11:16Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,#20:24 Greek Didymus was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, #ver. 20; [Ps. 22:16]“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. #ver. 19Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, #ver. 19“Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, #ver. 20; 1 John 1:1; [Luke 24:39]“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28Thomas answered him, #[ch. 1:1, 49]“My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? #1 Pet. 1:8; [2 Cor. 5:7]Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

30 # ch. 21:25 Now Jesus did many other signs #Acts 10:41in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31#1 John 5:13 but these are written so that you may #See ch. 11:27 believe that Jesus is the Christ, #See Matt. 14:33 the Son of God, and that by believing #ch. 3:15, 16; 5:40; 6:53; 10:10 you may have life #[Acts 10:43; 1 Cor. 6:11]; See Acts 3:6in his name.

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John 20

The Resurrection

1Early on Sunday morning,#20:1 Greek On the first day of the week. while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 4They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. 6Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. 8Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— 9for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. 10Then they went home.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. 12She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13“Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.

“Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

14She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. 15“Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?”

She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”

16 “Mary!” Jesus said.

She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).

17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19That Sunday evening#20:19 Greek In the evening of that day, the first day of the week. the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! 21Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” 22Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),#20:24 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus. was not with the others when Jesus came. 25They told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”

26Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”

28“My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.

29Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

Purpose of the Book

30The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. 31But these are written so that you may continue to believe#20:31 Some manuscripts read that you may believe. that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.

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