⁵ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled,^(A) Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds^(B) about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” ⁶ So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. ⁷ He took six hundred of the best chariots,^(C) along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ⁸ The Lord hardened the heart^(D) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^{(E) 9} The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses^(F) and chariots, horsemen^[a] and troops^(G)—pursued the Israelites and overtook^(H) them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.^(I)

¹⁰ As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried^(J) out to the Lord. ¹¹ They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?^(K) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”^(L)

¹³ Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid.^(M) Stand firm and you will see^(N) the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see^(O) again. ¹⁴ The Lord will fight^(P) for you; you need only to be still.”^(Q)

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me?^(R) Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹⁶ Raise your staff^(S) and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water^(T) so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷ I will harden the hearts^(U) of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them.^(V) And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸ The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^(W) when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

¹⁹ Then the angel of God,^(X) who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud^(Y) also moved from in front and stood behind^(Z) them, ²⁰ coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness^(AA) to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand^(AB) over the sea,^(AC) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(AD) and turned it into dry land.^(AE) The waters were divided,^{(AF) 22} and the Israelites went through the sea^(AG) on dry ground,^(AH) with a wall^(AI) of water on their right and on their left.

²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(AJ) followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(AK) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^{(AL) 25} He jammed^[b] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(AM) for them against Egypt.”^(AN)

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^(AO) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[c] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^{(AP) 28} The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(AQ) Not one of them survived.^(AR)

²⁹ But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^(AS) with a wall^(AT) of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰ That day the Lord saved^(AU) Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹ And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^(AV) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared^(AW) the Lord and put their trust^(AX) in him and in Moses his servant.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb^{(A) 12} and saw two angels in white,^(B) seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

¹³ They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”^(C)

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”^{(D) 14} At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,^(E) but she did not realize that it was Jesus.^(F)

¹⁵ He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?^(G) Who is it you are looking for?”

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

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,^(H) “Rabboni!”^(I) (which means “Teacher”).

¹⁷ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers^(J) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father^(K) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene^(L) went to the disciples^(M) with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹ On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,^(N) Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace^(O) be with you!”^{(P) 20} After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.^(Q) The disciples were overjoyed^(R) when they saw the Lord.

²¹ Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!^(S) As the Father has sent me,^(T) I am sending you.”^{(U) 22} And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.^{(V) 23} If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”^(W)