The Empty Tomb
1On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. 4The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent down and saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter arrived behind him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7and the cloth that had covered his head — not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up by itself in a separate place. 8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. He saw and believed. 9For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10Then the disciples went back home.
Mary Magdalene
11But Mary stayed outside the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb, 12and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14Saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there — but she did not realize it was Jesus. 15Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him off, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” 16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” — which means Teacher. 17Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” 18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” — and she told them what he had said to her.
Appearances; Thomas
19That evening, on the first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors for fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” 20After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. And the disciples rejoiced to see the Lord. 21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” 22With that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them against anyone, they are held.” 24Now Thomas (the Twin), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26Eight days later his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came, stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting, and believe.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without having seen.” 30Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. 31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that by believing you may have life in his name.
